It was at a training jump in Eslov on Saturday morning as the man tried to catch up with five other jumpers. But something went wrong and he went straight into one of them.
– He has appeared out of the aircraft and tried to reach the other jumper, and then they collided instead of falling at the same speed, said Henna Canevin, press officer at the Swedish Parachute Association.
Shop takes place from 4000 meters altitude, and before the parachutes unfurled the jumpers speeds of at least 200 kilometers per hour.
As the man fought unconscious activated reserve display at 225 meters altitude and he could land safely. He nursed the afternoon with life-threatening injuries at Lund University Hospital. According to Region Skåne’s press office was then the state stable.
The young man, belonging to Halmstads Parachute Club, has several years of experience and has made about 200 jumps.
Parachute Association’s national trainer is on the way to the site to investigate the incident. According to the union, it is unusual to have serious accidents in Sweden. The last fatal accident occurred in 2011. The other jumper should have survived without damage.
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