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‘Very Experienced’ Skydiver Killed After Parachute Failed to Open at Troubled Lodi Skydiving Center, CA

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A woman was killed in a skydiving accident on Saturday at the troubled Lodi Skydiving Center, near Sacramento, CA. It is reported that around 2:30 pm, the ‘very experienced’ skydiver came down with her parachute tangled when it failed to fully open. “What was reported to us from someone who witnessed the incident was that the chute failed to fully […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 19, 2021
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Woman Survives After Parachute Fails on 5,000-Foot Skydiving Jump From Plane

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A 30-year-old woman fell nearly 5,000-feet to the ground from a plane during a skydiving jump after her parachute failed to open and somehow managed to survive with injuries that are not life-threatening. “I don’t know how a person can survive a fall from an airplane like that,” witness Denis Demers told CBC. The woman, who had been skydiving before, […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | August 16, 2019
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