Two die skydiving
Two die skydiving, two skydiver dead in a skydiving horrific accident in Florida Saturday. The dead skydivers, was an instructor and student, were said to be tourists from Iceland. After a long search, the bodies were recovered. Pasco County Sheriff's Department is investigating the cause of the parachutist's fatalities, according to a March 24 Reuters report.
Skydiving, is the action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down during the terminal part of the descent. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
The tragedy unfolded in Zephyrhills, a town approximately 30 miles northeast from Tampa.
Sources say a group of 22 skydivers jumped from a plane separately Saturday morning, but only 20 were accounted for after their third rounds.
This touched off a search for the jumpers that included ground and search teams from the air. It went on for several hours before both missing skydivers were found. They were both pronounced dead on the scene at a location near the
Authorities recovered two bodies from an area near the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Pasco.
The region is a popular haven for parachutists, hot-air ballooning and ultra-light planes.
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Skydiving, is the action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down during the terminal part of the descent. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity.
The tragedy unfolded in Zephyrhills, a town approximately 30 miles northeast from Tampa.
Sources say a group of 22 skydivers jumped from a plane separately Saturday morning, but only 20 were accounted for after their third rounds.
This touched off a search for the jumpers that included ground and search teams from the air. It went on for several hours before both missing skydivers were found. They were both pronounced dead on the scene at a location near the
Authorities recovered two bodies from an area near the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Pasco.
The region is a popular haven for parachutists, hot-air ballooning and ultra-light planes.
For more on the accident involving the two who died skydiving in Florida, subscribe above.
