SFL-2024-021 · Cause: Reserve problem
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 09.06.2024
- Country
- Russia
- Drop zone
- Putilovo
- Place
- Valovshchina, Leningrad Oblast
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Phase
- Deployment
- Aircraft
- An-28
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Total jumps
- 363
Cause
- Category
- Reserve problem
- Malfunction
- Line twists
What happened
One of seven jumpers from an An-28 on a training jump. His main canopy was spinning (line twists) and he hit the ground. Investigators opened a criminal case for services not meeting safety requirements.
Sources
- www.osnmedia.ru Media
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