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  IAF Akash Ganga’s para jump instructor dies during 'demo drop' in Agra after parachute malfunction

  Uttar Pradesh | April 06, 2025 7:37 IST

  Warrant Officer Ramkumar Tiwari was taken to a Military hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after he died due to the fall as his parachute failed to open at the ruight time, the police said.

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  Israel-Hamas war: Five killed, 11 injured after parachute fails to open during aid drop in Gaza

  World | March 09, 2024 13:35 IST

  The US began airdropping humanitarian aid packages on Saturday into the war-torn Gaza amid a worsening humanitarian catastrophe amid the Israel-Hamas war. On Friday, the parachute on one of the aid packages failed to open and the parcel fell on the people below, killing five.

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  Man survives 5,000 feet fall with tangled parachute and no broken bones

  World | May 08, 2014 13:36 IST

  Lima: A Peruvian air force NCO whose parachute malfunctioned during a training exercise survived a 1,500 metre (5,000 feet) fall with nary a broken bone."It's a miracle he's alive," emergency room doctor Guillermo Pacheco said.