A skydiving session has turned fatal after a 34-year-old man died near Victoria's Great Ocean Road today. 9News
believe a group jumped from a plane in Torquay, and two landed off Breamlea Road in Connewarre at 10.30am.A skydiving session has turned fatal after a 34-year-old man died near Victoria's Great Ocean Road earlier today.The second skydiver was not injured.APF chief executive Richard McCooey said the man was doing his first jump in a 'wing suit'.
It's a special garment which allows the wearer to glide through the air at a slower rate rather than free falling.APF chief executive Richard McCooey said the man was doing his first jump in a 'wing suit'. "We understand that the man had successfully completed 300 jumps and was doing his first jump in a wing suit, under the supervision of an experienced tutor," he said.
"We know very little beyond that at this stage, although it appears the man failed to deploy either of his parachutes.McCooey said an Australian Parachute Federation Safety and Training Officer was there, and would begin an investigation.when his parachute malfunctioned during a tandem skydive, also in Torquay.
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