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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: Europe: Failure to cutaway a possibly malfunctioning canopy

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Failure to cutaway a possibly malfunctioning canopy

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-07-01	Category:
Country:	Austria	Factors:	Gear Issues
State:		Jump Type:	Demo
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	58
Reserve:		Jumps:	1000+
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Rudolph H.
Description
Media report is unclear but it appears that jumper may have had a hard opening on a demo jump that left him unable to deal with a canopy that was doing "constant turns" until the ground.
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