BFL317 | 22.4.2017

Malcolm Rowley

from Ireland45 years

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3

BASE SEASONS

Unknown

SKYDIVES

Unknown

WS SKYDIVES

65

BASE JUMPS

Unknown

WS BASE JUMPS
  • Date & Time: 22.4.2017, 07:00
  • Location: Aill Na Searrach, Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
  • Category: BASE Fatality
  • Object Type: Earth
  • Cause Of Death: Object strike under canopy
  • Clothing - Suit: SlickSlick by Everyday Clothing worn
  • Canopy: Unknown
  • Container: Unknown
  • Packing & Setup: Slider Down-Off BOC Vertical
  • Weather: Winds light and variable
  • Possible Factors: 180 Offheading

What do we believe happened?

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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