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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: Europe: Low turn with possibility of object strike

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Low turn with possibility of object strike

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-09-03	Category:	Landing
Country:	Germany	Factors:	Hook Turn Low Turn Strong Winds Water Landing Landing Obstacle
State:		Jump Type:	Demo
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:	Faqtor 120	Age:	41
Reserve:		Jumps:	1000+
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:
Description
Jumper was doing an 2-way exhibition jump and wanted to land into a harbor. It was planned to land into the water, but the jumper landed in between two boats and appears to have hit one of them. He died shortly after he was pulled out of the water. This landing area is said to have been extremely difficult to land in since it is only approx 50m wide and sourounded by tall trees, sailboat masts and buildings. There were stong winds at the time of this incident. He only had 2-3 jumps on this canopy at the time of the incident.
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