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                     Crash course in surviving free fall

> Let's say your jet blows apart at 35,000 feet. You exit the aircraft, and
> you begin to descend independently. Now what?
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Via Jason Kottke [1], “Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips [2]”

What now indeed! But the upbeat article does describe several methods one can
use to (hopefully) survive an unplanned free fall from at least 15,000 feet.
I'm not sure if any of the suggestions would actually work but hey, if you're
falling from 35,000 feet it wouldn't hurt to try.

[1] http://www.kottke.org/remainder/05/09/9345.html
[2] http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/carkeet.html

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