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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Impact with obsticles on out landing

Impact with obsticles on out landing

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2004-06-29 Category: Landing Search for Landing
Country: Russia Search for Russia Factors: Low Turn Search for Low Turn
Landing Obstacle Search for Landing Obstacle
State: Jump Type: Search for
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  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Diablo 135 Age:
Reserve: Jumps: 1277
AAD: Years in Sport:
RSL: Name: Vitali Kalashnikov
Description
Military jumper with 1277 jumps. Landing out he made a low turn and hit a metal construction on the ground (which he apparently did not notice). He died on the spot from multiple internal injuries.

This same main canopy was linked to a fatality in 2002.
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