Experienced Skydiver Dies in Charity Jump After Parachute Malfunction
An experienced skydiver died at Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent on Easter Monday when his parachute failed to open during a charity jump. Eyewitness Lucy Barrett, 53, said she and four others saw a person falling without a deployed chute. They later learned the jumper was a man with around ten years of skydiving experience. The group had been raising funds for a brain tumour charity in memory of Lucy’s sister. Go Skydive confirmed the incident and expressed gratitude to emergency services and on-site teams for their swift response. A British Skydiving Board of Inquiry will investigate the accident and submit its findings to the coroner, the police, the Civil Aviation Authority and other relevant authorities.
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