Ouch....

[theveed]

Skydiver hits a plane and dies

Sunday, April 24, 2005 Posted: 2127 GMT (0527 HKT)

DELAND, Florida (AP) -- A skydiver lost both his legs when he struck the wing of a plane as he came down and later died from his injuries, officials said.

Cinematographer Albert "Gus" Wing III had already opened his parachute when he hit the plane that he had jumped from Saturday morning over an airport in DeLand, central Florida, police said. His legs were severed at the knees.

He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Fourteen other skydivers were in the air at the time of the accident, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Holly Baker said. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating.

Mike Johnston, general manager of Skydive DeLand, said the accident was not common.

"There are about 15 million jumps every year," Johnston told The Daytona Beach News-Journal. "I only know of one other case where a sky diver was struck by an airplane."

[1D4LV]

its like being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

sa burol nya... pag may nagtanong.... "ano kinamatay nyan?" ang isasagot ng mga kaanak eh... "nag sky diving, eh minalas, nasagasaan ng eroplano..." kamalas naman...

[Altis6453]

Whoa! Hit the wings of the plane? Must have been a very sharp edge for the wing to slice through bone like that. He must have opened his chute too early after jumping, causing him to go up and come into the plane's flight path.

[the_wildthing]

Doesn't really have to be very sharp... It's the speed...

But dang, what a way to go.

[BlueBimmer]

laki ng area sa sky tinamaan pa ng airplane...hehe

[theveed]

buti di bumagsak yung plane, or else mas madaming nadale.

[stinkaboy]

panahon na talga siguro nya...

[ILuvDetailing]

What a way to go... but thats what they love doin.

[Bogeyman]

Malas yata yung apelyido niya eh.

[theveed]

Hahah oo nga no, "Wing got hit by a wing..."