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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Hard landing while making a low turn

Hard landing while making a low turn

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2004-04-11 Category: Landing Search for Landing
Country: United Kingdom Search for United Kingdom Factors: Hook Turn Search for Hook Turn
State: Jump Type: Relative Work Search for Relative Work
Drop Zone: Headcorn Parachute Club    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 27
Reserve: Jumps: 157
AAD: Years in Sport:
RSL: Name: Ethan Brentwood
Description
The jumper was one of six people who had jumped from 4,000 ft. (Hop 'n Pop). Eye witness reports suggested he performed a 270 degree hook-turn and impacted the ground before completing the turn. He was taken to hospital an placed put on a life support machine. He died from his injuries in hospital.
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