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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: Pacific: Apparent heart attack in freefall

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Apparent heart attack in freefall

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-02-13	Category:	Other
Country:	New Zeland	Factors:	Landing Obstacle
State:		Jump Type:	AFF
Drop Zone:	Skydive Abel Tasman
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	69
Reserve:		Jumps:	Few
AAD:		Years in Sport:	1
RSL:	Not Reported	Name:	William Patrick Alexander Sills
Description
During a student jump the student became unresponsive in freefall and the instructor deployed for him. The former military paratrooper had just recently taken up skydiving. After the instructor deployed him, he proceded under a slow spiral until he clipped a building and then was pronounced dead by medics.
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