Current Events > Canadian rapper plummets to his death while recording from the wing of a plane

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https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/23/world/canadian-rapper-jon-james-mcmurray-dies-trnd/index.html

(CNN) Jon James, a Canadian rapper, was killed during a music video shoot when a stunt atop an airplane wing went wrong. He was 34.

During a music video shoot in Vernon, British Columbia, on Saturday, the rapper -- whose full name is Jon James McMurray -- was walking on the wing of a Cessna as it was in flight.

He walked too far out on the wing and made the small aircraft go into a downward spiral, his management team said.

"Jon held onto the wing until it was too late, and by the time he let go, he didn't have time to pull his chute. He impacted and died instantly," Ryan Desrochers with the management team told CNN in a statement.

The pilot was able to control the plane and land safely. No one else was injured, reported CNN partner CBC.

According to his management team, Jon James was an accredited professional skier, but left the snow for the music studio after multiple injuries, including a broken back and shattered heel.

"He died filming for a project he had been working on for months. He had trained intensely for this stunt," his management team said in the statement.

He is survived by his wife, parents and brother.

"He filled everyone around him with positivity, and never spoke poorly about another person. He truly had a heart of gold," the statement said.

Darwin Award nominee right there. What a mindless way to go.
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Damn, that sucks.

wtf

Fuck who ever came up with that stunt, damn.

I mean it's easy to shit on the guy for this but there should be people with more knowledge than him taking care of the risks. Presumably he would have been assured it was safe.
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Poor guy he is probably going to get more publicity now then he ever did while he was alive.
I checked out one of his songs and he about as generic as you can get.
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poor dude. who thought this was a good idea?
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Blighboy posted...

Fuck who ever came up with that stunt, damn.

I mean it's easy to shit on the guy for this but there should be people with more knowledge than him taking care of the risks. Presumably he would have been assured it was safe.

"He died filming for a project he had been working on for months. He had trained intensely for this stunt," his management team said in the statement.

It's not like he just woke up one day and someone said "hey you should walk on a plane's wing!" It may have even been his idea.

And it sounds like he nearly killed everyone on that plane too
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Damn, just imagine falling to your death knowing there's nothing you can do
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Cornmuffins posted...

Damn, just imagine falling to your death knowing there's nothing you can do

From that high it'd probably be pretty peaceful. After you get over the initial terror, you just relax and accept your fate.

I guess he should have focused more on the music than keeping it real or whatever.
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I can't believe this is a thing that actually happened.
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/77125993
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I'm curious how he was too low to pull his chute and yet high enough that the plane could recover and land. Seems weird but I know nothing about either thing.

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Rappers
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Conflict posted...

Why it's probably a better idea to just use a green screen

Thats what I was thinking. Im sure it would have been a cool shot, but not worth losing your life over
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when people die because they are stupid
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Menardii posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Damn, just imagine falling to your death knowing there's nothing you can do

From that high it'd probably be pretty peaceful. After you get over the initial terror, you just relax and accept your fate.

Which is probably hard to do in the two minutes you have

How did anyone think "hey man great idea let's do it"
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i couldn't imagine being that pilot

"let go you damn fool or you'll kill us all!"
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Im kinda confused here. Exactly how high in the air could they have been if he was walking on the damn wing?
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That happened near me. Didn't even realize he was Canadian though. Twin3Turbo posted...

Im kinda confused here. Exactly how high in the air could they have been if he was walking on the damn wing?

You realize planes fly while people wing walk right? What part of this confuses you? Lol. He's dumb af though. You Don try to wing walk on a Cessna. You do it on a biplane.
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Buzz Killjoy posted...

I'm curious how he was too low to pull his chute and yet high enough that the plane could recover and land. Seems weird but I know nothing about either thing.

Dude I've flown Cessnas. You can pull insane shit in them. So insane a pilot let me do all the tricks and stunts and I was a radio guy. Only hard part of flying a plane is landing tbh. And that's still not that hard.

You gotta be a decent height to have the chute fully deploy and have time to slowbyou to a safe speed.
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CanuckCowboy posted...

That happened near me. Didn't even realize he was Canadian though. Twin3Turbo posted...

Im kinda confused here. Exactly how high in the air could they have been if he was walking on the damn wing?

You realize planes fly while people wing walk right? What part of this confuses you? Lol. He's dumb af though. You Don try to wing walk on a Cessna. You do it on a biplane.

Never seen that before honestly but Ill look it up
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Oh shit, that's awesome.
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Twin3Turbo posted...

CanuckCowboy posted...

That happened near me. Didn't even realize he was Canadian though. Twin3Turbo posted...

Im kinda confused here. Exactly how high in the air could they have been if he was walking on the damn wing?

You realize planes fly while people wing walk right? What part of this confuses you? Lol. He's dumb af though. You Don try to wing walk on a Cessna. You do it on a biplane.

Never seen that before honestly but Ill look it up

Yeah it's never done on a Cessna as far as I know but on biplane it's been a thing since forever. A niche to be sure but it's always been around.
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Menardii posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Damn, just imagine falling to your death knowing there's nothing you can do

From that high it'd probably be pretty peaceful. After you get over the initial terror, you just relax and accept your fate.

Nah homie
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Buzz Killjoy posted...

I'm curious how he was too low to pull his chute and yet high enough that the plane could recover and land. Seems weird but I know nothing about either thing.

IIRC, you have to be moving fast enough for it to expand properly, but it doesn't slow you down instantly so there's a terminal velocity. And with planes if you can recover from any height, you can land safely, it's all on the pilots skill.

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Menardii posted...

Cornmuffins posted...

Damn, just imagine falling to your death knowing there's nothing you can do

From that high it'd probably be pretty peaceful. After you get over the initial terror, you just relax and accept your fate.

Nah homie

C'mon who needs more than 5 seconds tototally come to terms with their imminent death.
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Wait how high was the plane? It was high enough for them to give him a parachute just in case?
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