Daily News | Delaware County man dies skydiving in New Jersey
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the death of an experienced Delaware County skydiver who died Wednesday afternoon while making a jump over Monroe Township, N.J.
“His parachute was deployed at normal altitude upon exiting the airplane and appeared to be fully inflated,” Skydive Cross Keys said in a statement. There have been at least 11 skydiving deaths since 2002 from planes that departed Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown. Skydive Cross Keys has had new ownership since 2016, according toThe most recent mishap before Wednesday’s came in 2019, when Paul Haaf, a 54-year-old who had jumped more than 1,400 times,while skydiving with Skydive Cross Keys. His death was ruled an accident by the county medical examiner.
Over the last two decades, the most common cause of death was an intentional low turn, according to USPA data. The second-most common was equipment problems. Turns made while skydivers are low to the ground, whether intentional or unintentional, are particularly dangerous.
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