pchapman 280 #1 April 16, 2009 Another story of a jump with no parachute: 23,000' - He got some nice altitude... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/04/16/nunavut-flight.html The comments section of the original news report is plenty full, with all the expected joking, moderator deleted comments, etc. =============== Man leaps to death from airplane flying to Nunavut Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 12:08 PM CT CBC News The man jumped out of the charter flight Wednesday, about 180 kilometres from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, according to police.The man jumped out of the charter flight Wednesday, about 180 kilometres from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, according to police. (CBC) An apparently distressed passenger aboard a small charter flight Wednesday night to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, police said. The incident took place during a flight from Yellowknife northeast to Cambridge Bay, a community in western Nunavut, RCMP said Thursday. At the time, the aircraft was about 180 kilometres from the Cambridge Bay airport, flying at an altitude of about 23,000 feet. Staff Sgt. Harold Trupish told CBC News Thursday morning that an air search has begun for the man's remains. Searchers are relying on GPS co-ordinates, he added. Pilots declared in-flight emergency Police say the crew of the King Air 200 aircraft called in an emergency during the flight, reporting that one of the two passengers on board was being unruly. When RCMP officers met the plane as it landed in Cambridge Bay, they learned that a 20-year-old man, who police described as distressed, had opened the exit door and jumped out, despite efforts by the two pilots to defuse the situation. With the cabin breached in mid-air, the pilots steered the plane to a safe landing in Cambridge Bay, police said. 'Huge force' needed to open doors: pilot Iqaluit pilot Wes Alldridge, who was not on board the charter but has logged thousands of hours in King Air 200 aircraft, said the plane's exit doors are not supposed to open at altitudes as high as 23,000 feet. "This door has four big steel pins that lock the main cabin door to the fuselage. So while the aircraft is pressurized, it's not possible to open the door," Alldridge said. "It would take huge force and you'd have to have a failure of that safety feature." RCMP say they hope to release further details about the incident later Thursday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doug925 0 #2 April 16, 2009 It sounds a ~bit~ suspicious I think. You think he might have had cement shoes too? Oh, I bet a plastic bag!okay, I AM going to hell now. I have never developed indigestion from eating my words. Winston Churchill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #3 April 17, 2009 Bwahahahaha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyBastard 0 #4 April 17, 2009 the call of nature can be a powerful thing for some people.Dude #320 "Superstitious" is just a polite way of saying "incredibly fucking stupid". DONK! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #5 April 17, 2009 I wouldn't want to go to Nunavut eitherI got nuthin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #6 April 17, 2009 "You can't smoke in here, you're gonna have to take that o......" whoops (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 April 17, 2009 did they find the body ?? maybe he kind of DBCooper'edscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teigen 0 #8 April 17, 2009 Must've sucked when he realised how much fun he could've had if he started skydiving... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
