How safe really is parachuting and skydiving?

The biggest barrier to people having a go at the fantastically enjoyable sport of skydiving is that it is perceived to be dangerous. However, skydiving is a very, very safe sport. The BPA ensure the safety of all participants by closely monitoring the standards of equipment, facilities and training at all dropzones.

However, it would be untrue to say accidents don’t happen but there isn’t really any sporting activity that doesn’t have some associated risks. All sports have an element of risk whether horse riding, football, cycling or scuba diving – the list goes on. The truth is that if you study the number of skydiving accidents, compared to the number of people taking part in the sport then you would find that it is one of the safest adventure sports!

When you skydive you have a main canopy and if this should malfunction for any reason then you have a reserve canopy. All reserve canopies will be automatically opened by an Automatic Activation Device (AAD) should you fail to deploy ... more.

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