[LINK] offtopic: Man survives 1000m fall

[andrew clarke]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:18:58PM +1000, Deus Ex Machina wrote:

> http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1985957,00.html
> 
> "Bloemfontein - A man from Bloemfontein survived a 1 000m fall by
> landing in a ploughed field after his parachute failed to open properly
> while he was executing his first jump. 

"The Parachute Association of South Africa has dismissed reports
suggesting that Benno Jacobs, a Bloemfontein parachutist, survived a 1
000m fall."

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,133462,00.html