Try jumping from a 747 next time you're flying. The thing that kills you is the ground, which is an obvious enough statement, but overlooked I think. If you'r

Try jumping from a 747 next time you're flying. The thing that kills you is the ground, which is an obvious enough statement, but overlooked I think. If you're flying at any reasonable altitude you've got a reasonable chance of gliding, recovering. If you're too low and something goes wrong then you're screwed either way - no parachute's going to help that. Why's this on the front page?