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Man dies in parachute school jump | Man dies in parachute school jump |
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A Lincolnshire man has died in a parachute jump in Nottinghamshire. | |
The man, who was in his late 30s, was on his third jump at the British Parachute School's centre at Langar, near Bingham, on Saturday afternoon. | |
It is believed he left the plane at 12,500ft but approached the ground too fast and hit his head on landing. | It is believed he left the plane at 12,500ft but approached the ground too fast and hit his head on landing. |
The Langar centre is based at the same airfield where the Archbishop of York made a sponsored parachute jump in June for soldiers' families. | The Langar centre is based at the same airfield where the Archbishop of York made a sponsored parachute jump in June for soldiers' families. |
'Low Hook Turn' | |
It is understood the parachutist, who lived near Grantham, had made more than 1000 jumps. | |
He was airlifted to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham but later died. | |
The school's chief instructor told the BBC his parachute opened normally but he landed awkwardly on his head after attempting a manoeuvre known as a Low Hook Turn. | |
An inspection has found the parachute to be in full working order and the man's family have been informed. | |
A full inquiry will begin on Monday. | |
According to its website, the British Parachute School has been operating at Langar, 12 miles south-east of Nottingham, since 1977. | According to its website, the British Parachute School has been operating at Langar, 12 miles south-east of Nottingham, since 1977. |
Its jumpers make a combined total of more than 21,000 jumps each year and it is the the UK's busiest dropzone, according to the site. | Its jumpers make a combined total of more than 21,000 jumps each year and it is the the UK's busiest dropzone, according to the site. |
In June the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, jumped out of a plane at the site to raise money for families of soldiers injured in Afghanistan. | In June the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, jumped out of a plane at the site to raise money for families of soldiers injured in Afghanistan. |
Dr Sentamu was strapped to a member of the Red Devils parachute display team in the jump to raise funds for the Afghanistan Trust. |