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BASE seasons
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BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
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Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL317
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 22. 04. 2017
- Time:
- 07:00
- Exit point:
- Ireland › Cliffs of Moher › Aill Na Searrach
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Malcolm Rowley
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Irish
- Age:
- 45
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- 180 Offheading
Description
The jumper in this fatality opened his canopy and impacted wall several times. His friends and rescuers worked on him (CPR) for an hour but was pronounced dead in the landing area.
Information coming from jumper on the scene
"It opened about 60-70 left and then continued turning left towards the cliff, possibly a brake fire or tension knot... Hard to say.
I *think* Malcolm may have then tried to make a left turn away from the cliff but this just swung him at the cliff face a bit faster.
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