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BFL471 · 20.12.2023

Jorge Spanner

37-Year-Old Brazilian

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3

BASE seasons

400

BASE jumps

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WS BASE jumps

250

Skydives

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WS skydives

Incident

Incident category:
BASE Fatality
ID:
BFL471
Object:
—
Cause of death:
Impact with another Jumper
Date:
20. 12. 2023
Time:
07:30
Exit point:
Brazil › Rio de Janiero › Gavea

Other incidents at this location: BFL285, BFL401

Exit type:
—

Personal

Name:
Jorge Spanner
Gender:
Male
Nationality:
Brazilian
Age:
37
Experience:
Beginner

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:
Squirrel › Hayduke
Canopy size:
260
Container:
Squirrel › Crux UL/XL
Suit:
Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
Packing:
Slider Down-Off
Deployment:
—

Circumstances

Weather:
Winds light and variable
Factors:
Aerials Canopy Entanglement

Description

Major Update 27th Feb 2024
In honour of my brother life! The truth shall come out. Other jumpers jumped after this accident that was a TWO WAY , the wrong briefed jump was to do a gainer above Jorge, Jorge did a nice long delay and was flying on heading and safe when the other jumper got entangled in the bridle and fell on top of Jorges parachute causing a malfunction and not reopening. Jorge fell 60 meters to the talus dying instantaneously while the other jumper got unentangled and flew to the landing zone with no issues.
Jorge was a special kind of human being. He’ll be missed strongly by his family and friends.
Original report from jumpers

This jump was a three way with all jumpers jumping slider down. Jorge jumps first and has a short delay with canopy opening and no issue. The second jumper does a gainer and when pitching has his bridle and pc entangled around his body this causes his delay to be longer than the first jumper and he then impacts into Jorges's canopy.

At this time the second jumpers bridle wrap becomes untangled, and his canopy opens, and he flies away, but Jorge's canopy has issues and doesn't reopen, and Jorge impacts below exit a hundred feet below killing him instantly.
Third jumper jumps straight after but has no issues with previous two jumpers.
The Brazilian community and surfing community will deeply miss Jorge with his great personality and always excited to be jumping and surfing.

Gallery

Lost, but not forgotten...