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

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Broken lines on main

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2007-07-28	Category:	Malfunction
Country:	United States	Factors:
State:	Alabama	Jump Type:	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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