{"id":16456,"date":"2014-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2014-02-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T00:00:00","slug":"2014-02-06-tragedy-in-eloy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2014-02-06-tragedy-in-eloy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Eloy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/ea7ad481-9d4b-495d-95cd-a64fe15c1bbc.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>There has been a double fatality in Eloy, Arizona on Tuesday 3 December during the world record 200-way attempts. It was the last jump of the day, around 5pm. There was a canopy collision at about 150 feet, both canopies collapsed and their owners impacted hard. One person died immediately, the other was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Both were very experienced and conservative canopy pilots. The winds were predictable, both pilots were landing in the correct direction, following the tetrahedron. They were landing away from the grass landing areas, as normal for a big-way. From what we know at this time neither pilot appears to be at fault, they were not jockeying for position.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There was a third, completely unrelated landing incident on the same jump. Another skydiver was injured from a hard landing. Some of the news stories make it sound like this person was also in the collision but this is not the case. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Formation wise, lots of progression was made towards the goal of a record. Wednesday 4 December will see the start of formal sequential world record attempts. 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