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Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Impact under a main reserve entanglement

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Impact under a main reserve entanglement

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2004-08-14	Category:	Malfunction
Country:	Germany	Factors:
State:		Jump Type:	Static Line
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:
Main:		Age:
Reserve:		Jumps:
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:
Description
This incident involved a student static line jumper. A direct bag deployment was followed by leg/knee in lines entanglement. The student did cut away but the main canopy did not fully separate from the harness. A reserve with main entanglement followed after the RSL apparently deployed the Reserve.
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