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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL75
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 05. 04. 2003
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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Italy › Arco › Brento (ITW)
Other incidents at this location: BFL51, BFL54, BFL58, BFL59, BFL88, BFL107, BFL152, BFL164, BFL166, BFL194, BFL236, BFL237, BFL249, BFL255, BFL316, BFL337, BFL348, BFL359, BFL374, BFL388, BFL476, BFL487
- Exit type:
- Overhang
Personal
- Name:
- Alexi Kosarev
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Russian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Strong winds Medium winds
- Factors:
- 180 Offheading Crosswinds on exit Line twists
Description
Alexi experienced an off heading opening and a wall strike after a 5 to 6 second delay. He is hung up for a short period of time before falling the remaining distance to the talus. An Alpine rescue is immediately launched only to find Alexi dead. There are questions surfacing now concerning the experience and preparation level of this jumper. Locals are saying high winds and the short delay (they recommend at least 8-9 seconds) put Alexi too close to the wall on opening. This is the fifth Brento BASE fatality and concerned local jumpers have placed a plaque at the launch point, not so much to memorialize the dead, but to forewarn the living that Brento is an advanced skills level BASE jump
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