SKYDIVER, 23, IS KILLED IN SHORE JUMP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400370015-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 1999
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 27, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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IS KILLED.:i.TH
SHORE JllMP
; .Young Woman Plunges
To Death After. Both
Her Chutes Fail
Ing two partially opened. para.11
in the woods.'today . 2 miles,
vived the,initial'impact but was
~ ~aon'a home was in'Marriphia, al=: ,
ligence Agency.
Chute Packed Wrong
said Miss Thompson apparently
had packed her main parachute
improperly, so that. it failed to
:cer for the Pelican Skydiving
on Route 312. He and a ?cornpa-
the spot where Miss Thompson
the following account of Miss
Thompson's death: .
ing? Club, a group from the
participants in skydiving compe-
600 spectators pr9sent for. the
Early. In', the, afternoon, 'Miss
:'Thompson' jumped `from' a 'sin-'
gle-cngine Cessna 185 airplane
piloted by Harry Schoelppe, of
Hartwood, Va. ?
,Jumping from an altitude of
3,000 ;feet, she fell for about five.
seconds before pulling the rip-
cord of her main parachute,'
which malfunctioned.
At an? altitude of 1,200 feet,
or a little more than a quarter
of a mile, she'puiled the rip
cord on her reserve parachute.
The smaller reserve para,~
chute also failed to open fully,!
and witnesses saw Miss Thomp-
son plunge into the woods.
Mr. Aguilar said that she was'
breathing when he found 'her,
and that he could still feel her
pulse when a ambulance from
Denton, Md., arrived to take her
At* the hospital, Dr. Earl
Plummer, deputy State medical
examiner for Caroline,' reported
,that she had died of multiple
' Injuries,
STATINTL?
CPYRGHT.
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