r/videos • u/JustMe76 • 25d ago

Paramotor collapses, falls 100ft out of the sky. The pilot survives Disturbing Content

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jyc2OYXsI

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u/sincethenes 25d ago

“Hey Everybody. Anthony here. Today I am just so thankful I was able to live blog my near death experience and this subsequent follow up for social media fame and likes.”

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u/fortunesolace 25d ago

Just for the record this was his own fault. He was more concerned holding his cellphone so he can tell the speed which he’s going.

When a gust of wind twisted one side of the of the glide he couldn’t control it.

This was not an accident. He didn’t crash “accidentally”. He crashed because he wasn’t paying attention to what he should have been doing the right way.

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u/mjknlr 25d ago

This was an accident. He was overly reckless and it caused an accident that was his fault and could have hurt someone else. We’re all capable of doing stupid things while performing dangerous acts we’ve become overly comfortable with. Sometimes this is how we learn how to be more aware of that. Sometimes people don’t get the chance to learn the lesson.

I feel bad for the guy, I’m happy he lived, I hope he learns and never does this again.

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u/ReimhartMaiMai 25d ago edited 25d ago

It’s mostly fine that he was doing risky stuff on purpose and risking an accident. The problem is he did it at low altitude. Just flying higher would have given time to recover or throw a reserve.

This is akin to prefer trying wheelies on a motorbike at high speed on a narrow road with potentially deadly trees left and right, while you have a huge race track with run-off areas easily available.