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Posts Tagged ‘parachute’

Pilot parachutes to safety as plane crashes in bluffs

By Corey Saathoff | July 14, 2015

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…

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No injuries in plane crash near Valmeyer…

By Corey Saathoff | June 14, 2014

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…

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Man recovers from failed parachute accident

By Corey Saathoff | January 30, 2014

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…

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Waterloo man injured in Idaho parachute accident

By Corey Saathoff | September 3, 2013

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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