A skydiver from Halmstads Parachute Club nurtured with serious injuries after he collided in the air with another person. Parachute Association will investigate the incident.
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 4 000 meters height, and before the parachutes unfurled the jumpers speeds of at least 200 kilometers per hour.
As the man was knocked unconscious activated reserve display at 225 meters altitude and he could land safely. He nursed the afternoon with serious injuries at Lund University Hospital. According to Region Skåne’s press office described the man’s condition at half past five as critical but stable.
The young man, who belongs Halmstads Parachute Club, has several years of experience and has made about 200 jumps.
Parachuting Association’s national trainer is on the way to the scene 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.
Swedish Parachute Association has about 1500 active members.
Hope height tends to be 3000-4000 meters.
jumpers falling freely about 50-60 seconds.
The parachute is triggered at around 1000 meters altitude.
total of 95,000 jumps made annually in Sweden 18 parachute clubs.
It takes an average of one or two accidents with fractures annually. Fatalities are rare, the most recent took place in 2011.
Source: Swedish Parachute Association
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