Skydiving death: Two killed after parachutes tangle mid-air over Arizona
- 10 years ago
Two skydivers were killed and a third suffered injuries when an afternoon of record attempt went horribly wrong in the skies over Arizona on Tuesday, December 3.
Initial reports say the two jumpers were killed after a mid-air collision which caused their parachute canopies to become entangled and unable to slow their descent, sending them plummeting toward the ground.
The accident occurred near the SkyDive Arizona school in Eloy, 65 miles south of Phoenix. It advertises itself as the largest skydiving center in the world.
The jumpers, reportedly using SkyDive Arizona, set off sometime before 5 p.m.
The jump reportedly began normally at first with three people performing a team maneuver before deploying their chutes. Witnesses said two of the jumpers then collided mid-air causing their chutes to fail. It's estimated they were 200-300 feet at the time of the accident.
The exact cause of the tragedy is still under investigation. officials said the deceased were part of an international group of divers who had converged on Arizona to take part in a series of world record attempts.
Eloy police have not yet made public either the nationalities or the names of the two people involved. Though it is believed neither were US citizens.
The third jumper is suffered only minor injuries from an unrelated mishap.
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Initial reports say the two jumpers were killed after a mid-air collision which caused their parachute canopies to become entangled and unable to slow their descent, sending them plummeting toward the ground.
The accident occurred near the SkyDive Arizona school in Eloy, 65 miles south of Phoenix. It advertises itself as the largest skydiving center in the world.
The jumpers, reportedly using SkyDive Arizona, set off sometime before 5 p.m.
The jump reportedly began normally at first with three people performing a team maneuver before deploying their chutes. Witnesses said two of the jumpers then collided mid-air causing their chutes to fail. It's estimated they were 200-300 feet at the time of the accident.
The exact cause of the tragedy is still under investigation. officials said the deceased were part of an international group of divers who had converged on Arizona to take part in a series of world record attempts.
Eloy police have not yet made public either the nationalities or the names of the two people involved. Though it is believed neither were US citizens.
The third jumper is suffered only minor injuries from an unrelated mishap.
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