Even after jumping with a parachute, it is possible to land safely from a height of 39,000 meters. As a matter of fact, a person named Felix Baumgartner achieved this with a spectacular show in 2012.
So, is it possible to survive without a parachute by jumping from 9,000 meters, which is about a quarter of that distance, or, in a more likely scenario, by falling?
Suppose there was a plane crash, and as a result of this accident, we somehow jumped out of the plane and started a free fall.
In the first stage of this 9000-meter descent, you will advance at a speed of hundreds of kilometers at -56 degrees, in a layer of air with a very low oxygen level.
According to scientists, most people cannot survive the psychological trauma that the fall in these moments will cause on the brain. In addition, since this first process will have a great impact on the nervous and circulatory systems, it is very likely that you will pass out without waking up during the fall. This will cause you to not be able to control your crash, and therefore to die.
If your body is quite healthy, you can overcome the effects of this first moment on your body. However, after that, you’re more likely to experience oxygen deficiency, as there’s very little oxygen in the air at that altitude. As a result of this, you will continue to fall unconscious at a speed of close to 200 km per hour.
In summary; You will be unconscious for most of this journey, where you will hit the ground in 170 seconds.
But let’s say that towards the middle of your fall, you somehow regained your consciousness and sobered up as the air rose up to 22 degrees and the amount of oxygen increased. The first thing you need to do is to stabilize your bearish position immediately. You need to do this by taking a position as if you are lying face down and open your arms wide.
Once you’ve done that, you should take a look around and see if there is a piece of aircraft debris near you. This is the most important part of your fall. Because holding on to aircraft parts will greatly increase your chances of survival.
It has been determined that most of the survivors of plane crashes in the past survived either because they fell with their seats or because they were caught in the debris.
Serbian stewardess Vesna Vulovic is one of the biggest examples of this situation. Although she fell from a height of 10 thousand meters without a parachute, she managed to survive because she clings to the wreckage of the plane.
We come to the last part, on what ground should you fall?
Contrary to popular belief, falling into water will cause you to die directly as if you had fallen on concrete. Instead, you should try to fall into layers of snow, freshly plowed fields or marshes. These areas with soft ground will slightly increase your chances of survival.
Even if you apply all these, your chances of survival are not even 1%. However, even a small increase in this chance would be very significant in such a situation…
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