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People who have survived free fall or other falls of great height without using a parachute or similar device. Pages in category "Fall survivors" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
On July 30, 2016, Aikins jumped from an aircraft without any parachute or wingsuit at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,620 m) above Simi Valley, California, watched by a live audience. After about two minutes of free fall he successfully landed in a 100-by-100-foot (30 by 30 m) net. Ivan Chisov: 23,000 7,000 [1] 1942
During a parachute jump on Easter Sunday 2015, both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. She fell 4,000 ft (1,200 m) to the ground. She survived the fall despite life-threatening injuries [1] because she landed on a soft, newly ploughed field. [2] It was the second attempt on her life in less than a week. [2]
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The deadliest aviation disaster to have had a sole survivor was Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which crashed in Romulus, Michigan, on 16 August 1987, killing 154 of the 155 people on board the aircraft, as well as two people on the ground. The sole survivor of the crash was a 4-year-old girl named Cecelia Cichan, who was seriously injured.
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After a fall of four seconds, jumpers hit the water at around 75 mph (120 km/h). Most of the jumpers die due to impact trauma. About 5% of the jumpers survive the initial impact but generally drown or die of hypothermia in the cold water.