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Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Pacific: Canopy collision, low reserve deployment

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Canopy collision, low reserve deployment

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2005-10-11	Category:	Collision
Country:	Australia	Factors:	Canopy Collision
State:		Jump Type:	Freeflying
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	21
Reserve:		Jumps:	97
AAD:		Years in Sport:	1
RSL:
Description
Collided with another sky diver and became entangled after another canopy turned into him upon landing finals. Both canopies become entangled. The deceased cut away at a low height not giving his reserve enough time to deploy. The man plummeted to the ground and was dead when emergency crews arrived, she s
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