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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: Africa: Reserve failed to open - Instructor

Reserve failed to open - Instructor

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2007-04-07 Category: Reserve Problems Search for Reserve Problems
Country: Namibia Search for Namibia Factors: Gear Issues Search for Gear Issues
State: Jump Type: Tandem Search for Tandem
Drop Zone: Skydive Swakopmund    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Omega Sex: Male
Main: Sigma Age: 33
Reserve: Jumps: 1580
AAD: Years in Sport:
RSL: Name: Henry Simon
Description
Details are lacking but it seems that the tandem had some sort of malfunction with their main canopy and when they deployed the reserve it had issues and they landed under a partial reserve canopy.
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