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Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Impact with twisted risers and spinning main

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Impact with twisted risers and spinning main

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2004-10-22	Category:	Malfunction
Country:	Poland	Factors:	Gear Issues
State:		Jump Type:
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Javelin	Sex:	Male
Main:	Nitro	Age:	46
Reserve:	PD Reserve	Jumps:	1578
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Slawbor "Sonio" Cergowski
Description
This jumper experienced line twists after opening. From reports it appears that he was fighting to undo the line twists and lost altitude awareness. He was fighting the line twists untill he impacted the ground.
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