At around 9 p.m. on September 28, 2026, an extraordinary scene unfolded on a busy avenue in Santiago, Chile.
A city bus was moving through traffic when a parachutist descended and landed on the roadway behind it. Seconds later, a second person came down dangerously close to a passing car.
The location was Avenida Vicuña Mackenna, reportedly near its intersection with Avenida Matta. The incident was captured on video from inside a vehicle.
Chile’s Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, or DGAC) said it had not authorized the maneuver and announced an investigation. Local media reported that the participants could potentially face fines reaching CLP 276.8 million.
But a closer examination of Chile’s aviation legislation and the local reporting reveals a more complicated story. Another news outlet calculated a substantially lower maximum fine, while the aviation regulation cited in connection with the incident raises a separate question: Does a rule written around jumps from aircraft apply in the same way to someone jumping from a building?