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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: BenLurkin
Very little information provided. Was the cord pulled? Was the chute tangled and unable to open? Was there a reserve chute? Was the cord pulled too late for the chute to open?
41 posted on 10/15/2018 2:02:59 AM PDT by fso301
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To: BenLurkin
"Her Jump in "Lodi"

Is "Lodi" like sawdust or tapioca? ;)

42 posted on 10/15/2018 2:20:44 AM PDT by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: BenLurkin

Outfit might change name to include word “skydying” in it.


43 posted on 10/15/2018 2:20:52 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Pretty sure she slipped in the kitchen making a sandwich.


44 posted on 10/15/2018 4:01:03 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Mozzafiato

“White people problems” - Some find daily life so boring they have to make it interesting for the adrenaline rushes. Mission accomplished here...


45 posted on 10/15/2018 4:17:09 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Lodi, CA. I drive by that place every so often. It’s right next to Highway 99. And yes......it is the same Lodi sung about in that song!!!! When you jump out of an airplane, things might not go well. Is it really a shock accidents happen?


46 posted on 10/15/2018 4:29:12 AM PDT by Mustangman
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To: BenLurkin

Only two things fall from the sky. Bird shit and fools...


47 posted on 10/15/2018 4:40:46 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Loud Mime

Thanks for the info. Didn’t realize reserves had to be packed by a pro, but it makes sense.


48 posted on 10/15/2018 4:52:29 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: Rannug

I remember that song.


49 posted on 10/15/2018 5:26:33 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: BenLurkin
Betty Rhomer: "Jumpin' is easy...you just jump"



50 posted on 10/15/2018 5:40:01 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: ASOC

You really don’t need a parachute to skydive.

You only need a parachute to skydive twice.


51 posted on 10/15/2018 5:56:10 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (If I had a dollar for every gender, I'd have two dollars. And a bunch of counterfeit ones.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

That’s like the old first law of submarining: The number of surfacings has to equal the number of dives + 1.


52 posted on 10/15/2018 6:07:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: fso301

They no longer have rip cords on the main chute. Now they pull the pilot chute out of a pocket and it takes to the airstream, opening the backpack and pulling out the deployment bag. That cured the old pilot chute hesitation problems we had with the old spring-loaded chutes.

Every planned parachute jump must have a reserve.

Many jumpers now have an automatic opener on the reserve that will fire if you pass a programmed altitude at a programmed speed. The trouble is that if you have a spinning, malfunctioning main, firing a reserve into that mess can twist up both canopies. A friend of mine was killed because of a double entanglement.


53 posted on 10/15/2018 6:08:30 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Lodi, WI?


54 posted on 10/15/2018 6:21:21 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneot)
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To: Electric Graffiti
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again

Nailed it.

55 posted on 10/15/2018 6:41:56 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Electric Graffiti
Thanks...now I’m stuck on youtube listening to [whatever]

Seriesly, ya look up and it's midnight .. lol !

56 posted on 10/15/2018 10:05:20 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: BenLurkin
Toward the end of my "stellar" Army career I did a Reserve summer camp at Cutler Army Hospital at Ft Devens,Massachusetts.

Coming back from lunch one day I saw a chopper taking off from the front lawn of the hospital,which I thought was strange.Turns out they had just delivered a bird Colonel from the Natick Labs (an Army research complex about 20 miles away) whose still-in-development parachute didn't open.

They took him directly to the Pathology Department.

57 posted on 10/15/2018 11:23:18 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: Mozzafiato
Who in their right mind would go to a facility that has had 6 fatalities in 2 years? That's like playing Russian Roulette.

I look on these events as "double-or-nothing" foolishness: No matter how many times you win, you only have to lose once.

58 posted on 10/15/2018 11:37:12 AM PDT by Oatka
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To: BenLurkin

Why would anybody jump out of a perfectly well operating aircraft?


59 posted on 10/15/2018 5:21:42 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (I hate modern life)
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To: Loud Mime

Thanks for the informative post.


60 posted on 10/16/2018 12:36:45 AM PDT by fso301
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