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German skydiver saved in daring midair rescue

   Posted by: admin   in Skydiving, Base Jumping, Hang gliding & Paragliding

A German skydiver who became injured and could not pull her own release cord is fortunate to have suffered only moderate injuries after a dramatic midair rescue 14,000 feet above ground. 

Katharina Wagner, 24, a veteran who had made more than 1,000 jumps, was caught by a gust and slammed shoulder-first into the fuselage of the airplane she leaped from Sunday afternoon. 

She was unable to pull the deployment handle on her parachute and what happened next, one witness told England’s Telegraph newspaper, “was like something out of an action film.”    …  Details

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