VAN WILDER star RYAN REYNOLDS is terrified of flying after he went sky-diving and his parachute failed to open.

The 30-year-old was traumatized by the incident and has found it hard to step onto an airplane ever since.

He explains, “When I was 17 years old, I took a skydiving course and it was just awful, every second of it was just truly horrendous.

“On my 13th jump, I jumped out of the plane and my chute failed. It came out the wrong way, I had to pull the reserve.

“I got down on the ground, removed my urine-spackled jumpsuit and threw it at the guy and got in my car and drove extremely slowly home. It was the worst. Now I get on planes and I can’t do it anymore.

“The first thing that I think about when I get in the aircraft is I look around at all the people and think, I’m gonna die with these people. I think I should get to know everyone before we die.’”

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