Friday Freakout: Skydivers' Scary Canopy Collision & Low Cutaway

Get your TEEM gear here: For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-00411 ___________________________________ *WHAT HAPPENED* This skydiver yanked on his left toggle to do a 270° turn without visually clearing the airspace around him, which resulted in a scary canopy collision and wrap with the lower canopy. The mess was bad enough that the jumper decided to cutaway his main quite low; fortunately the reserve inflated quickly and the only injury was some line burn on the lower jumper’s arm. *WHY DID IT HAPPEN* Forgetting AFF Basics A few very fundamental canopy flight rules should be drilled into a student’s head by the time they graduate AFF. Two of them are “Always look before you turn” and “The lower jumper has the right of way.” This jumper failed to look before he turned and was unaware that a lower jumper was there. *HOW COULD IT BE PREVENTED* Don’t Spiral Down! At some