SFL-2024-013 · Cause: Under review
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 28.04.2024
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Drop zone
- SkyHigh Skydiving
- Place
- Shotton Colliery, Durham
- Context
- Work (instructor, staff, demo pro)
- Role
- Camera flyer
- Phase
- Deployment
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
Cause
- Category
- Under review
- Malfunction
- Line twists
What happened
Paid camera flyer filming another jumper. His main canopy opened with twists and the reserve did not deploy properly; he struck the roof of a building on an industrial estate near Peterlee. The council commissioned independent analysis of his equipment and video; an inquest with a jury is planned.
Sources
- countypress.co.uk Media
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