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Wingsuiter decapitated by plane’s wing
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Rush:
Happened in 2018, in France.
https://www.businessinsider.com/french-pilot-decapitated-skydiver-with-plane-wing-found-guilty-2023-11
nddons:
Note to self. Don’t carry wing suit idiots.
Rush:
Here’s what I find bizarre:
--- Quote ---The pilot was found guilty of manslaughter and operating an aircraft without a valid aeronautical license
…
He was given a suspended sentence of 12 months and banned from flying for a year.
--- End quote ---
He was found guilty in a criminal court of manslaughter and flying without a license, and he gets a suspended sentence and can’t fly for one year? Is he supposed to get his pilot’s “license” in that year?
Maybe something’s been lost in translation.
Username:
Strange accident. Pilot was used to free fall and did his usual dive back to the airport. Not realizing that wingsuits don't go straight down. And he was carrying a mixed load of winssuits and freefall. OOPS. It is a good thing that the wingsuit emergency parachute deployed as missing a head would really mess with weight and balance. And it makes the remains easier to find.
I wonder if the pilot just didn't have his commercial certificate but was otherwise licensed, or if it was a couple of days out of renewal. The story (like all MSM aviation stories) is unclear. No idea how France does things.
Rush:
--- Quote from: Username on December 01, 2023, 06:12:05 AM ---Strange accident. Pilot was used to free fall and did his usual dive back to the airport. Not realizing that wingsuits don't go straight down. And he was carrying a mixed load of winssuits and freefall. OOPS. It is a good thing that the wingsuit emergency parachute deployed as missing a head would really mess with weight and balance. And it makes the remains easier to find.
I wonder if the pilot just didn't have his commercial certificate but was otherwise licensed, or if it was a couple of days out of renewal. The story (like all MSM aviation stories) is unclear. No idea how France does things.
--- End quote ---
Yep, maybe it’s some separate certification to carry jumpers or something. They can’t mean he wasn’t basically certified as a pilot.
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