[theobeers]

This does come up in the story of Cliff Judkins, a Marine Corps pilot who, in 1963, survived a fall of 15,000 feet into the Pacific Ocean. He had had his spleen removed a few years earlier, and a doctor told him that was probably a factor in his not being killed by the impact. Judkins' account is worth a read:

https://uss-la-ca135.org/60/1960Judkins-Knott.html

[ohmahjong]

Thank you for sharing such an incredible story - I would never have expected to read something so entertaining in the comments of a post about mouse splenectomies.

[ecf]

Primary and secondary ejection systems failed and then his main parachute didn’t deploy.

Whoever was maintaining that gear failed miserably.

[gonehome]

Thanks - this is probably the exact story I was remembering.