SFL-2026-012 · Cause: Canopy collision
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 11.05.2026
- Country
- Australia
- Place
- Jervis Bay Airfield, New South Wales
- Context
- Military
- Jump type
- Night jump
- Phase
- Canopy flight
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
Cause
- Category
- Canopy collision
What happened
Special Air Service Regiment, military freefall training at night with night-vision goggles. Two paratroopers' canopies collided several hundred feet above the ground; the other survived with minor injuries.
Sources
- www.abc.net.au Media
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