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Skydiver Dies After Parachute Fails to Open During Her Jump in Lodi
ktla ^ | October 14, 2018

Posted on 10/14/2018 9:33:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin

caused the skydiver’s death, according to the agency. The FAA said she was using her own equipment.

Usually, FAA probes into such situations are limited to if the chute was packed properly and by the appropriate person. Fellow skydivers said she was experienced in the extreme sport.

Meanwhile, the skydiving center itself has a decades-long history of deaths and was investigated by federal agents earlier this year, according to KTXL.

Nineteen people have died there since the facility opened in the early 1980s, with six of them between 2016 and 2018.

After trouble in 2016, 20 center instructors were suspended and it was determined 120 more needed more training as the U.S. Parachute Association investigated.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: dies; parachute; skydiver; skydiving; wompwomp
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To: C210N

Gravity is clearly unconstitutional, as it deprives one of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.


21 posted on 10/14/2018 10:33:47 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: Williams
Had my druther's, would not be within a thousand miles of NJ.

No love of Calif anymore, but i was born there. If I had to go, might as well be near where I was born, not some godforsaken liberal cesspool.

22 posted on 10/14/2018 10:41:15 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Fungi

Thanks...now I’m stuck on youtube listening to CCR ;)


23 posted on 10/14/2018 10:41:20 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: montag813

I forgot how the bionic woman sustained her injuries...It’s been forever since I’ve seen that show.


24 posted on 10/14/2018 10:43:22 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: Loud Mime
Good stuff, but my 71 yr old bones are not into jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. The landing and my back are of concern or I might try it.

Wife will not let me even try a modern sportbike, though I used to road race the darn things decades ago. Something about slower bone healing, she says.

25 posted on 10/14/2018 10:48:10 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Cowboy Bob

Where you going to find a landing zone in Lodi NJ? Route 46 west?


26 posted on 10/14/2018 10:52:16 PM PDT by Jaysin
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To: BenLurkin

Why couldn’t she wait for the plane to land ?


27 posted on 10/14/2018 10:55:07 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: nikos1121

Those were pictures from the “Bionic Woman” TV show. (tennis pro Jamie Sommers was almost killed in a skydiving accident).


28 posted on 10/14/2018 11:00:46 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Electric Graffiti

It started in 1976 and went until 1978.


29 posted on 10/14/2018 11:03:18 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: BenLurkin

And she ain’t gonna jump no more.


30 posted on 10/14/2018 11:07:37 PM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: Loud Mime

Thank you for an informative post.


31 posted on 10/14/2018 11:10:06 PM PDT by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education!)
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To: BenLurkin
Nineteen people have died there since the facility opened in the early 1980s, with six of them between 2016 and 2018.

Who in their right mind would go to a facility that has had 6 fatalities in 2 years? That's like playing Russian Roulette.

32 posted on 10/15/2018 12:01:21 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Mozzafiato

For the excitement


33 posted on 10/15/2018 12:08:11 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Electric Graffiti

“Falling feels like flying till you hit the ground” - Parachute, Chris Stapleton


34 posted on 10/15/2018 12:22:25 AM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: TonyM

That’s why I always jumped or dove into water...never tried sky diving.


35 posted on 10/15/2018 12:26:41 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

“It started in 1976 and went until 1978.”

No wonder I don’t remember. ;) I don’t think they did a lot of reruns of the bionic women or the six million dollar man.
Not like gilligan’s island or the brady bunch.


36 posted on 10/15/2018 12:30:22 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: doorgunner69
Wife will not let me even try a modern sportbike,

Get a 300cc.

37 posted on 10/15/2018 12:37:03 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: doorgunner69
Good stuff, but my 71 yr old bones are not into jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

POTUS #41 celebrated his 90th birthday with a jump.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jun/13/george-bush-sr-celebrates-90th-with-skydive-video

38 posted on 10/15/2018 12:39:52 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Tandem jumping is for queers...just saying


39 posted on 10/15/2018 12:48:06 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: Electric Graffiti; doorgunner69
I'm with DoorGunner.

Shooting out of doors is scary enough!

40 posted on 10/15/2018 12:57:16 AM PDT by cynwoody
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