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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2008: North America: Hard landing while making a low turn (Tandem)

Hard landing while making a low turn (Tandem)

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2008-11-01 Category: Landing Search for Landing
Country: United States Search for United States Factors: Low Turn Search for Low Turn
State: Virginia Jump Type: Tandem Search for Tandem
Drop Zone: Skydive Orange    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Female
Main: Age: 40
Reserve: Jumps: 1
AAD: Years in Sport: 1
RSL: Yes Name: April Haag
Description
a tandem pair turned too low to the ground to recover level flight before impact. The pair impacted the ground still in a descending turn. The student, a woman making her first skydive, suffered extensive injuries and died the next day at the hospital. The tandem instructor suffered a broken pelvis and femur and was later released from the hospital.

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