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Heart-stopping moment: Skydivers plunge to the ground after their parachute fails to open as onlookers look on in horror.
- Two skydivers went down after their first parachute failed to open
- Skydiving mishap in Currimundi, QLD
- They managed to land on a beach using a reserve parachute
Two skydivers were caught on video helplessly falling to the ground after their parachute failed to open.
Dramatic footage shows their half-open slide flapping in the air as the pair hurtle onto the sand at Currimundi on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Tuesday.
Bathers looked on in horror assuming the tandem divers would be killed.
But the duo miraculously drifted away after their reserve parachute deployed closer to the ground.
‘What’s going on?’ a man can be heard saying in the video.
‘That doesn’t look good,’ another man replies.
‘Should we run to the beach?’ asks the first man.
“I think we should,” says the other man.
The duo started running towards the beach in a desperate attempt to help the paratroopers.
The tandem jumpers finally landed on the soft sand and walked away from the ordeal.
His first parachute fell into the ocean and was later picked up by local lifeguards.
A skydiving mishap causes a pair of tandem jumpers to fall after their first parachute failed to open at Currimundi on the Sunshine Coast.
The paratroopers managed to deploy a reserve parachute and land safely on a beach
For many, the shocking images were just another reason to avoid the reckless sport.
“And that officially excludes me from skydiving,” wrote one person.
Another said: ‘Oh, this is exactly why I can’t bring myself to do it!’
“It might have slightly changed my idea of going again,” commented a third.
Tandem jumping involves two people tied together during their parachute jump. At least one of the jumpers is a certified instructor.