Tuesday, 24. August 2004
Topic: NEWS english - on August 24, 2004 at 1:27:00 PM CEST
Parachutist survives 3,500 metre plunge
A South African skydiver has survived a 3,500 metre (11,500 ft) plunge after her parachute failed to open and lines broke on her reserve chute, a local skydiving club says.
Christy McKenzie was hurtling towards the ground at more than 200 kms (120 miles) per hour on Sunday when her parachute failed to deploy, Johan Mulder, the chief instructor at the Johannesburg Skydiving Club, told Reuters on Monday.
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