How a skydiver can survive a failed parachute fall
A skydiver survived a fall from two miles when her open chute remained stowed and she hit a swampy field after entangling with lines. Factors included drag from the trailing chute, deceleration through tree contact and mud, and non abrupt stopping that reduced impact force.
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