SFL-2023-040 · Cause: Under review
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 17.10.2023
- Date of death
- 22.10.2023
- Country
- New Zealand
- Drop zone
- Skydive Mt Cook
- Place
- Twizel, Canterbury
- Context
- Work (instructor, staff, demo pro)
- Role
- Camera flyer
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Nationality
- Chile
Cause
- Category
- Under review
What happened
Camera flyer employed by the drop zone, not jumping with customers. An unknown problem occurred during the descent; he died in hospital in Christchurch several days later. The drop zone's initial investigation ruled out equipment failure.
Sources
- petapixel.com Media
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