SFL-2023-004 · Cause: Reserve problem
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 12.02.2023
- Country
- Spain
- Drop zone
- Skydive Spain
- Place
- Bollullos de la Mitación, Seville
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Phase
- Deployment
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Total jumps
- 700
Cause
- Category
- Reserve problem
- Malfunction
- Main/reserve entanglement
What happened
Off-duty member of the Irish Defence Forces. He became caught in his main lines during opening and could not free himself; the reserve he deployed entangled with the main. He landed in a field about 1 km from La Juliana aerodrome. Spanish police investigated.
Sources
- breakingnews.ie Media
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