Paraglider narrowly avoids death after parachute fails to open

A paraglider nearly fell to his death when he attempted to perform an acro-paragliding trick in Spain and his parachute didn’t open.

Paraglider Kevin Philipp nearly fell to his death when he attempted to perform an acro-paragliding trick in Spain and his parachute didn’t open.

The daredevil posted the video on both Instagram and YouTube, noting that “strong turbulence went wrong” and his brake line got stuck.

Acro-paragliding is already considered the “most extreme form of paragliding” as it is essentially performing fancy acrobatic tricks, like flips, in the air, according to Rise Paragliding.

While Philipp said that he can “can safely train [for] this kind of sport” with the help of “2 to 3 rescue parachutes and a lot of height,” this trick in the sky above Organyà did not go as planned, the New York Post reports.

He explained that he fell into one of the lines and his falling speed increased because of the “twisting wing,” which caused the near-death incident.

“This occasion is quite unlucky and rare,” he added.

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Strong turbulence affected Philipp’s ability to safely land. Picture: Kevin Philipp.

Kevin Philipp went through strong turbulence and his break line got stuck. Picture: Kevin Philipp.

The aftermath of Philipp’s parachute fail included a nest of twisted lines. Picture: Kevin Philipp.

Philipp said his “very last chance” was to open his rescue package after struggling, estimating that he only had one more second left to open the emergency parachute and figure out a way to safely land.

“This was not the day to die,” he wrote.

The video currently has more than 93,000 views on YouTube and over 2,500 Instagram comments, with many viewers equating his survival chances to winning the lottery and were shocked he lived to tell the tale.

“This was not the day to die,” he wrote. Picture: Kevin Philipp.

“Probably the most hardcore fail ever recorded and survived,” one person wrote. Picture: Kevin Philipp.

“Probably the most hardcore fail ever recorded and survived,” one person wrote.

“Scratch another of your nine lives,” a second person commented.

According to Philipp, this is simply something he has to be prepared for every time he takes to the skies.

And he’s wasting no time getting back out there, posting another video of his paragliding adventures on Tuesday.

“In acro-paragliding we face a lot of tries and errors in learning the tricks,” he said. “Fly high, land safe.”

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission