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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2010: North America: Hard landing due to winds and turbulence

Hard landing due to winds and turbulence

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Date: 2010-09-05 Category: Landing Search for Landing
Country: United States Search for United States Factors: Turbulence Search for Turbulence
State: Iowa Jump Type: Search for
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Main: Sabre2 135 Age:
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RSL: Name: Julio Cesar Velez Correa
Description
Jumper flew through some turbulent wind conditions and did a turn with his steering toggles. This input may have lead to a partial collapse of his canopy at a very low altitude and did not allow enough time for it to re-inflate prior to striking the ground.
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