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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL53
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 05. 08. 2000
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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Norway › Lysefjorden (Lysebotn) › Exit 6
Other incidents at this location: BFL36, BFL44, BFL47, BFL52, BFL65, BFL92, BFL153, BFL192, BFL342, BFL480
- Exit type:
- Overhang
Personal
- Name:
- Valentino Ventori
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Italian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Unstable exit
Description
This jumper launched unstable and remained so all the way to impact. It is reported this jumper is offered instruction prior to the jump and that he refused it.
This fatality and Stina_Ulla_Ostberg Ostberg's fatality (July 29, 1997) are eerily similar down to the same impact point.
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