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US Air Force Member Dies After Fall During Pregame Rappelling Demo at UTSA-Navy Football Game
ShortNews & Politics
Published Oct 18, 2026
Views
507K
Likes
3K
Speed /h
12K
+24h
+272K
Early catch
Updated 06:20 AMBeat 90% of videos its age, 15 h after upload.
- Vs usual
- –
- Views/h now
- 12K
- Channel size
- –
Black: this video’s views at each read. Shaded: the median to the top 10% (the board’s reach bar) of all videos of its format at the same age; dashed: their top 1%.
Views over time
Views gained each hour, UTC- Views
- 503.5K
- Best hour
- +24.9K
- At 24 hours
- 275.3K
- At 7 days
- –
36 of 36 hours read. A gap is an hour we didn’t read close enough to say, not an hour without views.
viralshooter analytics
Our calculations on YouTube API data. Not YouTube metrics.
Position
- Speed percentile
- 56 / 100
- Category percentile
- 90 / 100
- ×base
- ×124
- Channel typical
- 4K · average
Dynamics
- Phase
- fading
- Acceleration
- 0.32×
- Momentum
- ×66.67
- Decay
- 0.68
- Speed half-life
- 3d
Engagement
- Like rate
- 0.59%
- Comments per 1k views
- 2.08
- Engagement rate
- 0.80%
- Views per subscriber
- 4.06×
- Crossed a language border
- No
◆ Calculated by viralshooter from YouTube API data. Not YouTube metrics and not endorsed by YouTube.
| Region | Chart | Best rank | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Category chart | #12 | Oct 18 |
42h
From the YouTube record
Fields of the video as the YouTube API returns them.
- Published
- Oct 18, 2026, 3:01 PM
- Duration
- 0:46
- Category
- News & Politics
- Audio language
- English (en-IN)
- Title language
- English (en-IN)
- Captions
- No
- Definition
- HD
- Format
- 2D
- License
- Standard YouTube
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Embeddable
- Yes
- Made for kids
- No
- Age-restricted
- No
- Paid promotion
- No
- Public stats
- Yes
Topics
- Military
- Society
Title and description in 1 languages
- English
Tags (22)
- US Air Force
- US Air Force member dies
- Airman death
- rappelling accident
- Air Force accident
- UTSA vs Navy football
- UTSA Navy game
- Alamodome incident
- San Antonio news
- US military news
- Air Force news
- military accident
- pregame rappelling fall
- Air Force investigation
- UTSA football game
- Navy football
- US Air Force accident
- military demonstration accident
- breaking news
- Texas news
- college football news
- Alamodome accident
Description
A U.S. Air Force service member has died after falling during a rappelling demonstration before the UTSA-Navy football game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on October 17. The service member, assigned to Detachment 2 of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, was taken to a local hospital but later died from injuries sustained in the fall. The Air Force has not publicly released the service member’s identity. An investigation is underway to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident. The demonstration was part of the pregame activities ahead of the college football matchup between UTSA and the U.S. Naval Academy. #usairforce #usmilitary #usnews US Air Force, US Air Force member dies, Airman death, rappelling accident, Air Force accident, UTSA vs Navy football, UTSA Navy game, Alamodome incident, San Antonio news, US military news, Air Force news, military accident, pregame rappelling fall, Air Force investigation, UTSA football game, Navy football, US Air Force accident, military demonstration accident, breaking news, Texas news, Air Force death, college football news, 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Alamodome accident, military news today About NDTV World: NDTV World provides comprehensive analysis of global affairs, international diplomacy, military strategy, and major breaking geopolitical developments. Follow NDTV World: • Web: ndtv.com/world • X (Twitter): https://x.com/NDTVWORLD • Instagram: https://instagram.com/ndtvworld • LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/ndtvworld #WorldNews #GeopoliticsShow all
A U.S. Air Force service member has died after falling during a rappelling demonstration before the UTSA-Navy football game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on October 17. The service member, assigned to Detachment 2 of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, was taken to a local hospital but later died from injuries sustained in the fall. The Air Force has not publicly released the service member’s identity. An investigation is underway to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident. The demonstration was part of the pregame activities ahead of the college football matchup between UTSA and the U.S. Naval Academy. #usairforce #usmilitary #usnews US Air Force, US Air Force member dies, Airman death, rappelling accident, Air Force accident, UTSA vs Navy football, UTSA Navy game, Alamodome incident, San Antonio news, US military news, Air Force news, military accident, pregame rappelling fall, Air Force investigation, UTSA football game, Navy football, US Air Force accident, military demonstration accident, breaking news, Texas news, Air Force death, college football news, 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, Alamodome accident, military news today About NDTV World: NDTV World provides comprehensive analysis of global affairs, international diplomacy, military strategy, and major breaking geopolitical developments. Follow NDTV World: • Web: ndtv.com/world • X (Twitter): https://x.com/NDTVWORLD • Instagram: https://instagram.com/ndtvworld • LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/ndtvworld #WorldNews #Geopolitics
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