A 41-year-old paratrooper in very serious conditionand after a while at Castello Hospital uncontrollable fall after that accidentally colliding in mid-air with your jumping partner, the blow that left him unconscious. Fortunately, emergency parachute worked properlyhindering, plane crash even though he lost consciousness, it would end with deadly consequences. hit the fence of a house Field near Grao de Castelló.
The events took place on last Friday at half past three in the afternoonTwo friends from Poland, one sky time company jumpoperating within airport Despite repeated offers from this paper, Castello and his directors did not want to present their version. After jumping out of the plane that lifted them to the required height (approximately) everything was going well. 4,000 meters), they both collided during the free fall phase. One of them, Rafaul S., 41, blow to the headCausative lose consciousnessThen it continued to descend uncontrollably. emergency parachute activeby slowing the free fall, it has now reached a certain minimum altitude and emergency speed limit, 35 meters per second.
“The poor boy’s condition was very bad. We were eating and there was a big accident”
However, the athlete did not regain consciousness, continued to fall uncontrollably, without being able to choose the landing point. Finally, crashed into the outer fence of a country houseor from the Mota de la Marjaleria in Serradal de Castelló. The brutal blow occurred from the front, and he suffered for it. serious fractures and traumas, not only in the jaw, starting at various points, but also on the rest of the face. The second paratrooper tried to follow him and landed in a nearby orchard without requiring medical attention. Both crashed a few hundred meters from the Grao de Castelló airport, their intended destination.
Recorded with its own GoPro camera
The whole scene from colliding with his partner to falling on the house was like this: Recorded in your live recording with the GoPro camera a recording he wore on his helmet National Policewho took over the investigation, add it to the police report this has already been taken to court.
As soon as possible accidentThe La Mota resident alerted 112 and sent the SAMU medical team to the scene in an advanced life support ambulance. “The poor boy was in such a bad shape. We were having dinner and it was a big blast.”, told one of its residents to this newspaper. Another person affected by the damage to the house due to the fall was repaired in the last hours.
victim Evacuated to General Hospital with multiple trauma and then three days in intensive careAs reported to this newspaper from the Emergency Information and Coordination Center sources, he was finally taken to a room after his condition improved on Monday (intensive care) and the aforementioned hospital.
Three identical cases in 12 years
this practically the same third case Registered at the airport in the last 12 years. Inside In December 2010, there were two athletes who collided in free fall. after jumping during a practical exercise. On that occasion both they finally fell into the seafrom where they need to be rescued and evacuated before healthcare can be provided Castello General Hospital. As in the present case, one of them she was unconscious in the autumnher emergency parachute openedThis resulted in saving his life. A third paratrooper, who swam to the point of impact with other colleagues, was also hospitalized with symptoms. hypothermiajust like two wounded.
The second part took place four years ago, In June 2018, when two other paratroopers collided in the air at 200 kilometers per hour, after jumping out of the plane at the same altitude, 4,000 meters, is usual for this type of application. ORneither of them lost consciousness and it finished crashing into a tree and then a house. As now, the opening emergency parachute pad The second athlete fell very close to another house. In both cases, they fell to the ground. Very close to Castello airportwhere they leave after making the jump with the same signature, Sky Time.