Yet another skydiver has died at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center.
The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981.
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The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981.
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Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA.
The woman died Saturday afternoon, officials said. A parachutist who jumped with her called the sheriff's office reporting that the victim's parachute became tangled.
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The woman died Saturday afternoon, officials said. A parachutist who jumped with her called the sheriff's office reporting that the victim's parachute became tangled.
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"What was reported to us from someone who witnessed the [incident]… was that the chute failed to fully open as she was coming down and it was heavily tangled around her," the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.
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The woman did not survive, the sheriff's office said, adding that the woman was "very experienced."
The FAA is investigating, but said their investigations are limited to inspections of the parachute rigging.
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The FAA is investigating, but said their investigations are limited to inspections of the parachute rigging.
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This accident comes one month after the parachute center was ordered to pay $40 million in connection with a deadly jump there five years ago.
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