Friday Freakout: Skydiver Forgets to Unbuckle Seat Belt, Hangs From Plane

Subscribe here ​ for more aerial awesomeness from Teem! For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000385 ___________________________________ *** What happened *** This newer jumper, with only 50-ish jumps at the time, tried exiting the plane without unfastening his seat belt. Uhhh... yeah... what else is there to say? No bueno. *** Why did it happen *** New Equipment This may sound weird to people from the US but there are places around the world that don’t require — or at least don’t enforce — the requirement that seat belts be worn during take-off. This jumper noted that the video is from 2015 and that his dropzone had just started requiring seat belts, so this was a new procedure for him at the time. No Gear Checks Had this jumper sat up to check his gear before the jump, he would likely have noticed that he still had his seat belt on. *** How could it be prevented ***