May 21, 2012 11:43 AM ET
An experienced skydiver practicing a special kind of landing was rushed to hospital with severe head and neck injuries after a mishap at an airport in Gatineau on Sunday.
The incident happened at about 1 p.m. His family does not want the exact details of his injuries to be released.
Steve Verner was using a rectangular parachute known as a canopy, with steering toggles. He was performing a ‘swooping’ manoeuvre, during which a skydiver will approach the ground horizontally at about 60 to 70 kilometres per hour.
He had performed the move dozens of times before, but this time he missed his targets, landing on his knees instead of his feet.
Gatineau-Ottawa Skydive co-owner Pierre Carpentier said Verner has been skydiving for about 10 years and was also an instructor.
“He’s an experienced jumper with over 1,000 jumps,” Carpentier told CBC News at the scene Sunday. “He was not working at the time when he got injured; he was just practicing some landing manoeuvres.
“These manoeuvres are only done by people that are very experienced. There’s an event in competitions called swooping and this is what the guys do to slowly build their experience level up.”
Gatineau firefighters said the man was unconscious when paramedics loaded him into the ambulance.
Staff at the skydiving company are advising people performing the move to take extra precautions.
from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/05/21/ottawa-gatineau-skydiver-crash-landing.html
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using the number/letter grid:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
Where:
A = 1 J = 1 S = 1
B = 2 K = 2 T = 2
C = 3 L = 3 U = 3
D = 4 M = 4 V = 4
E = 5 N = 5 W = 5
F = 6 O = 6 X = 6
G = 7 P = 7 Y = 7
H = 8 Q = 8 Z = 8
I = 9 R = 9
Steve Verner
12545 459559 54
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