Woman sky diver plunges to death in Tamil Nadu

He said an investigation is on as to why the parachute malfunctioned.

The ISPA had obtained permission for 10 days from the authorities to carry out training jumps at the Kamalapuram airstrip, around 24 km from Salem.

"The team has been training since Jan 25. On Jan 25, Ramya jumped successfully from 3,500 ft. And today (Thursday) the jump was from 10,000 feet," Salem's Deputy Superintendent of Police R. Sakthivel told IANS over phone.

Sakthivel said Vinod said they saw the ISPA's advertisement and joined the session and had no previous skydiving experience.

"There seems to be a case of negligence. No proper emergency medical facility was there at the training site. There was no ambulance vehicle," he said.

He said four people have been taken into custody. They are Ankita, the executive secretary of ISPA; G.Mohana Rao, trainer and former Indian Navy officer; Aishwarya Yadav, trainer; and N.Rajesh, a serving navy officer from Madurai.

Sakthivel said Ankita will be remanded in custody.