A skydiving student died and an instructor was injured in a tandem jump in Arizona, authorities said.Pinal county sheriff’s spokesman Mark Clark said a malfunction occur-red on Saturday, leading to a
A skydiving student died and an instructor was injured in a tandem jump in Arizona, authorities said.Pinal county sheriff’s spokesman Mark Clark said a malfunction occur-red on Saturday, leading to a hard-impact landing. Firefighters pronounced the 26-year-old female student dead. The 40-year-old male instructor was hospitalised with two broken legs and was expected to survive. They were taking part in a tandem jump in which two people, typically a certified skydiver or instructor and a student, are joined by a harness.
In a post on Facebook, Skydive Phoenix said that the student was conducting her second jump for their Accelerated Skydiving Program and a main parachute did not deploy. A reserve parachute was flying properly but encountered turbulence during the landing.
The student’s identity will not be released until next of kin has been notified, Mr Clark said. The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting its own investigation. FAA spokesman Ian Greg-or says the FAA investigates incidents involving civilian jumps to see if a parachute was properly used.
