Chinese paratrooper saves unconscious comrade in dramatic mid-air chute emergency

A Chinese paratrooper rescued an unconscious colleague after their parachutes became entangled in mid-air, the military’s official newspaper reported on Thursday. The PLA Daily said the incident happened during a scheduled parachute refresher training exercise conducted by a People’s Liberation Army Air Force brigade on May 28. First Lieutenant Wang Rui, a team leader in the unspecified brigade, was making his 16th-ever jump, at an altitude of 800 metres (2,600 feet). Wang jumped from the...

By Albee Zhang