Posts Tagged ‘parachute’
Pilot parachutes to safety as plane crashes in bluffs
A 19-year-old pilot parachuted to safety in a farm field near Fults on Tuesday afternoon, after the skydiving plane he was flying out of a Festus, Mo., airport experienced mechanical…
Read MoreNo injuries in plane crash near Valmeyer…
Valmeyer Fire Department and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department personnel responded shortly after 2:30 p.m. Saturday to the report of a skydiving plane down in the area of B Road and…
Read MoreMan recovers from failed parachute accident
Waterloo resident Tim Sumpter, 45, lives to tell the tale of a BASE jump gone wrong last summer. Sumpter suffered several broken bones, including a broken pelvis, and was in…
Read MoreWaterloo man injured in Idaho parachute accident
A Waterloo man was seriously injured Saturday in Idaho after his main parachute failed to deploy during a bridge jump. Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Benefiel told The Times-News…
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