Unless you’re a superhero, every time you jump out of a plane without a parachute, you’re likely to face death. There’s only one person who hasn’t fallen from a plane and died before…
Let’s think about snow. When we throw ourselves on a high level of snow, we feel like we are jumping on the clouds. But what would happen if this jump was from an airplane?
Although the results of the scenarios where the plane is jumped vary depending on the item we fall on, the result is often the same.
When you jump from an airplane without a parachute, you will die in less than a second as soon as you hit the ground. If you swap the same jump for a deep water version, you’re very unlikely to survive. Of course, all these negligences may vary according to your weight.
When you jump on a snowy surface, it will certainly reduce the severity of the fall, but not in all conditions.
The snow must be at least 80 meters thick to mitigate the severity of your near-death fall. Besides, snow of all kinds cannot save you. Factors such as compaction density and wetness and dryness are also effective.
Fresh, dry snow with a lower density can soften your landing. On the other hand, wet snow may not slow you down enough to save you from a hard fall. Even considering a scenario where the snow is completely fresh, deep and dry, that doesn’t mean you can escape death. There are still huge risks.
Let’s keep thinking about the scenario where you don’t die anyway.
After you fall, you have to pull yourself out of that deep snow. When you’re stuck in a deep place completely covered in snow, it must be pretty hard to figure out which way to try to dig…
In short, even if all the conditions are met in your favour, if you fall from an airplane into the snow, your chances of survival are slightly higher than other falls, but it is still very difficult…
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