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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy

Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2004-11-28 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: Russia Search for Russia Factors: Low Turn Search for Low Turn
State: Jump Type: Search for
Drop Zone: Pravdinsk    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 29
Reserve: Jumps: 645
AAD: No Years in Sport:
RSL: Not Reported Name: lekontseva Maxim
Description
Experienced jump had line twists and lost altitude awareness. The speed at impact was slow enough it did not trigger the Cypres to fire. Further details are not known.
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