SFL-2023-030 · Cause: Under review
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 21.07.2023
- Country
- Colombia
- Drop zone
- Xielo
- Place
- Ricaurte, Cundinamarca
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Belly / RW
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Total jumps
- 3,000
Cause
- Category
- Under review
What happened
Experienced jumper (more than 3,000 jumps) and instructor at the drop zone, jumping with a partner who was injured. A problem with his parachute was reported; the national federation attributed the accident to human error, saying the jumpers did not keep enough separation.
Sources
- www.eltiempo.com Media
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