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General Aviation Discussion => Aviation News => Topic started by: casper on December 21, 2006, 12:42:06 PM

Title: UK skydiver survives 15,000ft fall
Post by: casper on December 21, 2006, 12:42:06 PM
A British skydiver whose parachute failed survived a 15,000ft fall by landing in a blackberry bush.

Michael Holmes, 25, from Jersey, escaped with a punctured lung and a broken ankle during a jump in Taupo on New Zealand's North Island.

More Info (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6295004,00.html)