Tourist Skydiver Fatality in WA
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March 13
A young tourist sky-diver exiting a jump aircraft in WA on Wednesday
at around 4000' hit the tailplane and received serious head injuries
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As with most of the skydivers jumping in OZ today he was fitted with
an automatic opening device and "the automatic parachute
release opened and returned him to earth"
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He failed to recover from the injuries and died the next day in the
Royal Perth hospital
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Media Source:- News.com.au
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B747 'Bogged' -- Mirage Mid-Air
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March 9
At Melbourne's Tullamarine airport a United Airlines B747 with 150
passengers and 12 crew on board veered off the taxiway and became 'bogged' for a while
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The only heavy lifting equipment suitable to retrieve the aircraft was in
Sydney and it finished up arriving the next day
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Two French Mirage fighter jets collided during training exercises above the
Reims air base killing both pilots
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Media Source:- News.com.au
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