This Friday, May 6, at the end of the day, Romane Hourcastagnou, a 23-year-old young woman lost her life in Strasbourg following a fall of around 1,000 meters. While she was doing an airborne exit, her parachute did not open.
The drama happened this Friday, during the very last session of the day. Parachutist for regarding a year, a 23-year-old woman who, according to our colleagues from DNAhad a hundred jumps to his counter, was the victim of a terrible technical incident.
An ongoing investigation
While the free fall part had gone normally, his parachute experienced a problem when opening. A dozen people, with whom she had taken off a few minutes earlier, watched helplessly as their comrade’s inexorable fall and his “very violent impact on the ground”. Neither the monitor who remained below, nor the emergency services called as soon as the accident occurred, might do anything.
The young woman died instantly. An investigation must now determine why the parachute did not open. According to DNA, his equipment was seized and images filmed by GoPro should shed light on the accident. In shock, his comrades were taken care of psychologically.
