Parachutist dies in Vojvodina accident

A man died on Sunday in Čenej after his parachute failed to open as he jumped from a plane flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters.

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Monday, 03.11.2008.

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A man died on Sunday in Cenej after his parachute failed to open as he jumped from a plane flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters. The victim, identified as Branslav M., 28, of Indjija in Vojvodina, was attending Novi Sad Aero Klub's parachuting course, and had 18 jumps under his belt before the accident. Parachutist dies in Vojvodina accident Novi Sad Municipal Court Judge Vidoje Mitric was at the scene at the Cenej airstrip yesterday to find the lifeless body next to unopened and tangled parachutes, which could bear traces indicating whether the victim was trying to activate them. Mitric has set up a three-member commission made up of Civil Aviation Directorate inspectors, and ordered it to examine the case and submit their findings. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. The weather conditions were ideal when 14 parachutists, Branislav M. included, took off in an Antonov airplane on Sunday, reports say. The club's president, Goran Rankovic, told Novi Sad's Dnevnik daily that the last accident of the kind took place in 1964. "An instructor was present as the parachute was packed. Parachutes are first placed inside containers, and then in backpacks. In this case, the container exited the backpack, but the parachutes did not open. The auxiliary one was used for only six or seven months," he explained. The parachute failed to open even though a fail-safe device was in place to automatically activate it when the parachutist reached 225 meters above the surface. Rankovic said that it is now up to the commission to find out how the accident took place. The death in Cenej yesterday was the ninth accident this year in Serbia's civilian aviation sector, the second fatal.

Parachutist dies in Vojvodina accident

Novi Sad Municipal Court Judge Vidoje Mitrić was at the scene at the Čenej airstrip yesterday to find the lifeless body next to unopened and tangled parachutes, which could bear traces indicating whether the victim was trying to activate them.

Mitrić has set up a three-member commission made up of Civil Aviation Directorate inspectors, and ordered it to examine the case and submit their findings.

The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

The weather conditions were ideal when 14 parachutists, Branislav M. included, took off in an Antonov airplane on Sunday, reports say.

The club's president, Goran Ranković, told Novi Sad's Dnevnik daily that the last accident of the kind took place in 1964.

"An instructor was present as the parachute was packed. Parachutes are first placed inside containers, and then in backpacks. In this case, the container exited the backpack, but the parachutes did not open. The auxiliary one was used for only six or seven months," he explained.

The parachute failed to open even though a fail-safe device was in place to automatically activate it when the parachutist reached 225 meters above the surface.

Ranković said that it is now up to the commission to find out how the accident took place.

The death in Čenej yesterday was the ninth accident this year in Serbia's civilian aviation sector, the second fatal.

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