Did anybody go sky diving and get killed?

Skydiving DeathsIn 2006, 21 deaths in the USA - out of 2.1 MILLION reported skydives. (Not all skydives are tracked, but every fatality is...)

In 2005 there were 27 deaths, and 2.1 million reported skydives.

(This is not "lots" of deaths in comparison to any other "extreme" sport.)

See http://uspa.org/about/page2/relative_safety.htm

http://uspa.org/about/images/memsurvey06.pdf

http://uspa.org/about/images/memsurvey05.pdf

Here are opinions and answers from FAQ Farmers:

• Click on the link to your right for more information.

• Of Course, But! The experience is awesome! An expensive sport. But worth the experience! Try it sometimes!
• There are lots of deths in Skydiving because you never know what is going to happen after you jumped off from the plane

Almost all skydiving deaths are down to incompetence. The training is safey, safety safety, so just do what they tell you and you should be fine!