Authorities say two skydivers were killed during a tandem jump in northern California.
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People who were on this skydive that ended in a fatal fall said it looked like the pro did something out-of-sequence-didn’t pull the right levers at the right time-so the parachute didn’t deploy at all.
San Joaquin County sheriff’s officials as of Sunday had not publicly identified the new skydiver or the skydiving instructor killed Saturday in Lodi, California, 85 miles east of San Francisco.
U.S. authorities said the two men were found dead in a vineyard in Acampo.
According to CBS Sacramento, the two skydivers had jumped from a plane associated with the popular skydiving school, the Parachute Center, located in California’s Central Valley region, at about 10:00 a.m.
A man answering the phone Saturday at the Parachute Center said he was busy and did not know if two men had died. Witnesses told NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento that they did not see a parachute open.
He said: “The parachute failed to eject properly”.
Dause said no one from his company had been able to examine the equipment to determine what had gone wrong.
“I am always liable but I am not concerned. That may have caused the problem”.
Dause also told local media there was another malfunction on the same day. “It’s a love of the sport”.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is now set to take over the investigation. The worst injuries were minor cuts and scrapes.
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The Acampo center has experienced other incidents in recent years.
