Ajit Kathad and his wife were parasailing off the coast of Diu when the rope of their parachute snapped while the couple were in mid-air. A video featuring Ajit Kathad, 30, and his wife Sarla Kathad, 31, shows the couple parasailing off the Nagoa beach in Diu on Sunday when the rope snapped and sent them hurtling towards the sea.

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The couple hails from Gujarat and were in Diu for a holiday. Luckily, they escaped without sustaining any injuries as they were wearing life jackets and were rescued by lifeguards deployed at the beach.

Ajit Kathad’s elder brother Rakesh had been recording the video sitting in the powerboat when the couple plunged into the sea following the mishap with the rope that connected their parachute to the powerboat.

Following the incident, Rakesh Kathad told NDTV, “I was recording the video and had no idea what to do when the rope broke. I could see my brother and sister-in-law falling from a great height, and I never felt so helpless as I did at that moment.”

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Rakesh Kathad also informed the reporters that the fragility of the rope had been pointed out to the operators, who refused to take action. The operators assured the family that nothing would happen and that the damaged part would not make it to the air.

Mohan Lakshman, owner of Palms Adventure and Motorsports (the company behind the incident), shifted the blame on heavy winds. He told the Times of India that, “This is the first time that an incident like this has happened in the past three years, it was because there were heavy winds on Sunday,”

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Ajit Kathad and his family accused the parasailing service of negligence. He told the Indian Express, “After the rope snapped just as we attained  maximum altitude, the parachute started swaying as we didn’t know how to control it. Seconds later, we plunged into the sea. While we remained afloat thanks to our life jackets, my wife was in a state of shock and couldn’t speak for a few minutes,”

The couple have not filed a complaint with the police yet.