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Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: North America: Canopy collision at 500 feet

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Canopy collision at 500 feet

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2007-03-09	Category:	Collision
Country:	United States	Factors:	Canopy Collision
State:	Arizona	Jump Type:	Instructional
Drop Zone:	Skydive Arizona
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	50
Reserve:		Jumps:
AAD:		Years in Sport:	1
RSL:	Yes	Name:	Edward Petersen
Description
A canopy collision occured at approx 500 feet above the secondary landing area when a higher level AFF student did a 360 degree turn and collided with the only other canopy in the air. The second person involved is a Dutch militay personal that was on a training jump at the time of this incident.
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