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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Re: Mid air canopy crash
Message-ID: <2941@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 15 Feb 91 15:43:12 GMT
References: <1991Feb12.205904.20430@eng.ufl.edu> <1acXw4w163w@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca>
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esj@gnarley.eng.ufl.edu (Eric S. Johnson) writes:
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> [text deleted about tangled skydivers]
> 
> Why didn't the lower person cut away. From the article it seems they 
> had the altitude?

The article never states who was entangled with who. The lower jumper
received neck injuries. If this was because of the upper jumpers lines
being around her neck a cutaway would not have felt too good.
Just guessing.

Bob Church
D-8195 NFS #27