A 46-year-old Arizona man handed away whereas sky diving Saturday after authorities state he skilled a “hard landing” when his parachute didn’t launch, a case that comes merely 8 days after the fatality of a further parachutist in the very same location.
Officers found Shawn Bowen of Gibert, Arizona, useless from accidents he obtained all through the landing close to Hanna and Tweedy Road after getting data of a parachutist “experiencing a hard landing,” the Eloy Police Department acknowledged.
Bowen leapt round 11:40 a.m. using “a wingsuit-type apparatus,” cops acknowledged, mentioning preliminary data.
“During freefall, for reasons that remain unknown at this time, his parachute did not deploy, resulting in fatal impact,” cops acknowledged.
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Shawn Bowen, 46, handed away after his skilled a tricky landing when his parachute didn’t launch in Eloy, Arizona, on Saturday, cops acknowledged. ( iStock)
Investigators are speaking to witnesses and collaborating with the Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA), which it states is primary methodology.
Police acknowledged Bowen’s associate had really been knowledgeable of his fatality.
An postmortem examination was organized for in a while within the week as cops stay to take a look at any sort of variables that added to the crash.
Police acknowledged they’re exploring the fatalities of two parachutists that passed off 8 days aside in Eloy, Arizona. ( iStock)
Bowen’s fatality comes merely 8 days after cops in Eloy replied to the fatality of a further parachutist.
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Ann Wick, a 55-year-old Minnesota home-owner, handed away whereas parachuting at Skydive Arizona onJan 24 in Eloy after experiencing points all through the descent, cops have really acknowledged.
Skydive Arizona acknowledged as eyewitness accounts recommended the cost-free loss stage of Wick’s skydive confirmed up typical, with the parachute releasing as anticipated. Despite the parachute releasing completely as created, viewers stored in thoughts the “canopy was turning,” the enterprise acknowledged.
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The witnesses knowledgeable the enterprise the parachutist didn’t present as much as take rehabilitative actions, and a get parachute was not launched.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner added to this document.
