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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: North America: Broken lines on main

Broken lines on main

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2007-07-28 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: United States Search for United States Factors:
State: Alabama Jump Type: Relative Work Search for Relative Work
Drop Zone: Skydive Prattville    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Vector 3 Sex: Male
Main: Sabre2 Age:
Reserve: PD Reserve Jumps: 25
AAD: Years in Sport: 1
RSL:    
Description
Jumper experienced a hard opening that broke lines on the main. He failed to take any action after this opening and landed under the broken main with line twists. An instuctor arrived shortly after and he was already dead.
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