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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:
- BFL461
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 18. 08. 2023
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- Brazil › Rio de Janiero › Morro dois irmãos
- Exit type:
- Underhung
Personal
- Name:
- Fernando Santana
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Brazilian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- Beginner
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- —
Description
Information coming in was that this was 5 jumpers exiting handheld, information from the 3rd jumper was that both jumpers before him had exited and threw pc with the first scrapping the wall around opening and flew away. Fernando has jumped second and thrown pc and scrapped the wall around opening then an off heading and has then had multiple impacts on the wall, a helicopter was called but when arrived had discovered Fernando was not alive.
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