A Brit has revealed that she is ‘trapped’ abroad ‘with no way home’ after a skydive went wrong.
Chloe Lowe’s birthday trip down under took a wild turn after she suffered a bizarre injury during a 10,000ft plunge from the sky.
The 24-year-old severely damaged her ear-drum during the dive and is now on the not-fit-for-flight list until it heals.
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Unfortunately for the influencer, this could take weeks to heal – leaving her stuck 10,000 miles away from home.
“I’m trapped on the other side of the world with no way home,” Chloe, from Rotherham, told Need To Know.
“I’ve been stranded in Australia for several weeks.
“I went skydiving and suffered an injury during the jump which damaged my eardrum.
“I’ve since been medically advised that I’m not fit to fly until it heals.”
In October, after turning 24, Chloe decided to book a solo trip to Australia for what she thought would be three weeks of travelling.
But three days before she was supposed to fly home – she decided to go sky-diving.
The influencer jumped out of a plane at 10,000ft and was all smiles until the adrenaline had worn off as noticed that she could not hear.
Chloe said: “I was told it needed immediate medical attention as I lost all hearing and turns out there was bleeding behind my ear drum.
“I was given a not fit to fly certificate and put on steroids.
“Fast forward two weeks, things were looking positive but then I started to feel more pain and experience more vertigo than before.
“Turns out I now have an infection due to fluid that’s been trapped inside my ear.
“Every week I’m having to extend my accommodation not knowing if I’ll be able to go home by the end of it or not.”
Chloe has already been in Australia for six weeks, three weeks longer than she had planned.
The influencer claims that not knowing when she will return is “driving her mad”.
Despite stating to her followers that it was purely a birthday treat, the trip actually had a much deeper meaning.
A decade ago in 2016, Chloe’s grandad David Lowe sadly passed away whilst scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.
To honour the anniversary of his death, she made the journey to do the same dive he did.
Chloe said: “I travelled solo from the UK to Australia to visit the place where my grandad sadly passed away while scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef.
“This was a really meaningful trip for me, as I wanted to visit the place where he took his last breath.
“No one knows I was here to do the dive or visit for his 10 year anniversary yet as I haven’t announced it on my social media.”
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