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Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: Europe: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2007-05-06	Category:	Landing
Country:	England	Factors:
State:		Jump Type:	Demo
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:	Sabre2 150	Age:	28
Reserve:		Jumps:	500+
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Iain Firkin
Description
The jumper made an uneventful free fall descent, deployed his main parachute at a suitable altitude, remained ‘up wind’ of the intended landing area until he commenced the final ‘down wind leg’ of the descent. At a low altitude, probably below 150ft AGL he initiated a radical 120-degree right turn in order to face into wind for landing. He then struck the ground at high speed before the parachute was able to recover from the turn.
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