165명의 스카이 다이버들 세계기록에 도전하다 Skydivers flying at 20,000 feet and 240mph set head-down world record in Illinois as they build largest-ever vertical skydiving formation after 13 attempts(VIDEO)

Skydivers flying at 20,000 feet and 240mph set head-down world record in Illinois as they build largest-ever vertical skydiving formation after 13 attempts

• Members of an international team of skydivers joined hands flying head-down to build their world record skydiving formation on Friday over Ottawa, Illinois
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• The jump team of 164 skydivers were required to join hands in a pre-designed formation while upside down 
• The formation, resembling a giant flower, floated above Skydive Chicago for a matter of seconds before the flyers broke away and deployed their parachutes
• Record-breaking jumpers traveled from around the world to take part including the UK, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Finland, the UAE and Venezuela 

최다 동시낙하 기록 3년 만에 경신

항공기 7대에 나눠탄 이들 스카이다이버는 31일(현지시간) 미국 일리노이 주 중부 오타와 6천5m 상공에서 차례로 뛰어내려 큰 눈꽃송이 대형을 수놓은 다음 흩어져 낙하지점에 안착했다. 

스페인과 호주, 미국의 캠프에서 훈련을 받아온 스카이다이버 가운데서 선발한 국제 스카이다이빙팀은 사흘간 13차례 시도 끝에 2012년 8월 138명의 스카이다이버가 세운 종전 세계기록을 경신했다. 

새로운 기록한 스카이다이버들이 낙하산을 타고 속속 지상에 내리자 기다리던 관중은 열렬한 박수갈채와 환호성으로 이들을 맞이했다. 

이번 묘기는 스카이다이빙 영상 촬영 전문가들이 헬멧 카메라를 사용해 대형의 위아래와 옆에서 찍었으며, 이를 토대로 심사위원단은 신기록 수립을 인정했다. 3명으로 이뤄진 심사위원단은 세계공중스포츠연맹(the World Air Sports Federation)의 공인을 받았다. 

스카이다이버들은 이날 초속 71.5~107m로 수직 낙하하며 서로 충돌하면 목숨을 잃을 위험을 감수했다. 

또한 이 정도 고도에서 떨어지면 저산소증으로 의식을 잃거나 사망까지 하는 모험도 스카이다이버들은 불사했다. 

다만 저산소증 리스크를 줄이려고 스카이다이버들과 조종사들은 탑승 항공기가 4천267m 고도에 이르자 산소를 흡입했다. 

미국에는 대략 320만명에 달하는 스카이다이버 애호가가 있으며 작년에만 24명 낙하 도중 서로 부딪혀 사망했다.  

(오타와<미 일리노이주> AP=연합뉴스) jianwai@yna.co.kr 

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Traveling at speeds of up to 240 mph, 164 skydivers flying head-down built the largest-ever vertical skydiving formation on Friday over central Illinois, smashing the previous record.

It took the international team 13 attempts to beat the 2012 mark set by 138 skydivers. The formation, resembling a giant flower, floated above Skydive Chicago in Ottawa for a matter of seconds before the flyers broke away, deployed their parachutes, and whooped and hollered their way to the ground to the jubilation of spectators.

The team was selected after training camps across the U.S. and Spain, Australia, with dozens of talented skydivers disappointed to not make the cut.

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Members of an international team of skydivers join hands flying head-down to build their world record skydiving formation on Friday, July 23, over Ottawa, Illinois

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It took the team 13 attempts to to build the formation, resembling a giant flower, to beat the 2012 mark set by 138 skydivers

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Jumpers traveled from around the world to take part including the UK, France, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Finland, the UAE and Venezuela

Seven aircraft were flown in precise formation to ensure that the jumpers de-planed at the right place, time and altitude. The record-breaking jumpers exited at 19,700 feet.

And no record could have been achieved without four videographers - also accomplished skydivers - who flew above, below and beside the formation so the judges on the ground had evidence that the record was achieved.

'The record doesn't count without proof... it's almost like we live in a sport that doesn't exist without a photographic device,' Norman Kent, who has been shooting skydiving photographs and video for four decades, told The Associated Press recently. 

He has made about 25,000 skydives and has credits on movies including 'Get Smart,' ''Grudge Match' and 'Kingsman.'

Three judges certified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - the World Air Sports Federation - studied the video and stills to check that each flyer was in a pre-determined slot in the formation and has his or her hand in the correct position at the same time.

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