With a lot of people commiting suicide by jumping off bridges etc is it true that you die / pass out before you hit the ground? Has it actually been proven?
There a slim but very unlikely chance of dying from the trauma of falling from a height, slightly higher chance of passing out. 99% of people would hit the ground conscious and its probably rare that its immediatly fatal - in reality people probably live around 8 minutes on average after impact. (Falling directly head first into concrete might be another story).
I think if you got blown up at 50,000 feet in an aircraft and somehow managed to stay alive on exit, the chances are you would probably have a heart attack before you hit the ground.
There was a documentary about people jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Apparently the impact kills you instantly, iirc.
what causes the heart attack ?