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Skydiving Fatalities: 2005: Europe: Freefall collision with deploying canopy

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Freefall collision with deploying canopy

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2005-06-18	Category:	Collision
Country:	Germany	Factors:	Freefall Collision Gear Issues
State:		Jump Type:	Relative Work
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:
Reserve:		Jumps:
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:
RSL:
Description
Two skydivers died in Damme, Germany. Exit of 3 jumpers (1 with video) on 4200 meters. After a barrel roll the handdeploy of one jumper came out. Another jumper was 15 meters above the deployment and crashed into the inflated main. The jumper under his main-canopy landed 2 km away from the dropzone and was found dead. The other one's Cypress fired in 225 meters, but he was found dead, too. It seems as if both jumpers died during freefall-collision. The videojumper landed safely.
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