A WOMAN is lucky to be alive after she went skydiving Aug. 10 and her parachute failed, causing her to freefall more than 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) to the ground.

The incident, which happened in Quebec, Canada, was witnessed by several bystanders, who watched in fear and disbelief as the woman, whose name has not been released, plummeted through the air.

“It’s a miracle,” Denis Demers told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada on Wednesday, adding that the woman was falling faster than anybody else.

“I don’t know how a person can survive a fall from an airplane like that,” Demers said.

The 30-year-old was participating in a jump at Quebec’s skydiving facility, Parachutisme Adrénaline, near Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, CBC reports.

It wasn’t her first time skydiving either, as the Trois-Rivières Police told the outlet that she had prior experience with the sport.

Still, that couldn’t prepare her for the terror that was to come.

As the woman approached Trois-Rivières at around 6 p.m., she jumped out of the plane, which was when her main and backup parachutes failed to open.

Another bystander, Océane Duplessis, told CBC that she was preparing to board her own plane to skydive when she witnessed the accident.

“We watched all the way to the end. We kept hoping something would happen,” Duplessis recalled. “We were very worried. Very.”

After rapidly falling more than 5,000 feet, the woman hit a patch of trees and landed in a wooded area.

Surprisingly, she only suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including a broken vertebrae and several fractures, but is currently recovering in a hospital, the Trois-Rivières Police tells PEOPLE.

An investigation is currently under way by the Trois-Rivières Police, who said they are determining whether this was a case of criminal negligence.

While the incident was certainly a terrifying one, skydiving accidents are actually rather rare.

According to the United States Parachute Association, there were approximately 2,147 injuries for the country total in 2018, which equated to 1 in every 1,536 skydives or 0.07 percent of all jumps, while fatalities were even less.

There were only 13 skydiving-related deaths in 2018 or 1 in every 253,669 skydives/0.0004 percent of all jumps.

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The 30-year-old woman hit trees as she landed in a wooded area and is now recovering in a hospital with several fractures, including a broken vertebrae, CBC News reported. Police said her life is not in danger.

“It’s a miracle,” bystander Denis Demers said. “I don’t know how a person can survive a fall from an airplane like that.”

The woman was participating in a jump at the Parachutisme Adrénaline skydiving facility when the incident happened.

Police are investigating to determine if it’s a case of criminal negligence.

Océane Duplessis told CBC News that she was about to board a different plane for her own jump when she saw the woman falling.

“We watched all the way to the end. We kept hoping something would happen,” Duplessis said. “We were very worried. Very.”

Skydivers freefall at a speed of 110 mph, which is approximately 1,000 feet every six seconds, according to the United States Parachute Association.

In 2018, the association recorded 13 fatal skydiving accidents in the U.S. out of around 3.3 million jumps, which is the lowest number in the sport’s history. It equals one fatality for every 243,669 jumps.

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“Sri Lankan authorities must stop allowing such atrocious cruelty and send this poor elephant to a reputable sanctuary where she can be assessed by veterinarians and, if treatment is viable, live out her remaining years in peace,” Allen said in a statement to CNN.

Elephants did not naturally obey human commands or allow humans to ride them, she stressed.

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