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Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: Europe: Failure to deploy either canopy

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Failure to deploy either canopy

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2007-07-02	Category:	Malfunction
Country:	Romania	Factors:
State:		Jump Type:	Solo
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:
Reserve:		Jumps:	60
AAD:	No	Years in Sport:
RSL:	No
Description
On a military exercise the parachutist jumped out of a helicopter at 1200m and deployed his pilot chute short after. The pilot chute remained on his back because of the burble but he didn't try to change his free-fall position. Colleagues say they saw him trying a cutaway at 100m. Jumper was jumping a back container with the square main in it and had a chest mount container with the reserve.
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