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CBS News
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College-bound teen's life cut short by Calif. skydiving accident - CBS News
August 8, 2016 - SAN FRANCISCO -- The mother of a skydiver who plummeted to his death with an instructor in a California vineyard said her teenage son was an adventurous spirit who was willing to try just about anything -- including the jump that was on his ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Another skydiver dies during jump at troubled Lodi parachuting center
April 19, 2021 - An experienced skydiver died Saturday after an accident at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center, the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Department confirmed Sunday.
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News4SanAntonio
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Mother tells of son's final moments before skydiving death
August 9, 2016 - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Francine Salazar Turner looked up at the sky and wondered which of the skydivers was her 18-year-old son, and the instructor he was strapped to.Her uncertainty would soon turn to tragedy as the two connected men would die when their sha
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CBS News
cbsnews.com › local news › family of mother and daughter injured by fleet week parachutist release new video
Family of mother and daughter injured in San Francisco Fleet Week parachute accident release video - CBS San Francisco
October 31, 2024 - New video was released Wednesday of the incident during San Francisco's Fleet Week festivities when a Navy parachutist landed on a teenage spectator, injuring her and her mother.
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Los Angeles Times
latimes.com › california › story › 2021-03-18 › lodi-skydiving-school-death-judgment
Lodi skydiving school ordered to pay $40 million over death - Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2021 - Van Der Walde and the Turner family sued Skydivers Guild Inc. and Dause alleging negligence. Tyler Turner and the skydiving instructor he was jumping in tandem with died Aug. 6, 2016, near the skydiving center.
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NBC News
nbcnews.com › news › us-news › california-skydiving-teacher-fatal-jump-lacked-certification-n628881
California Skydiving Teacher in Fatal Jump Not Certified
SAN FRANCISCO — The director of an organization that certifies skydivers said Thursday that the instructor who led a tandem jump in Northern California that turned fatal didn't have the required advanced parachuting certificate.
Published   August 12, 2016
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Federal Aviation Administration
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FAA Statements on Aviation Accidents and Incidents | Federal Aviation Administration
5 days ago - United Airlines Flight 1871 struck United Airlines Flight 796 while pushing back from the gate at San Francisco International Airport around 9:10 p.m. local time on Monday, Sept. 1. United Airlines Flight 1871 was towed back to the gate where passengers deplaned normally.
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The Guardian
theguardian.com › us-news › 2016 › aug › 07 › two-skydivers-killed-tandem-jump-california
First-time jumper one of two men killed in skydiving parachute fail in California | California | The Guardian
July 14, 2017 - The skydive center was in the news in May, when a small plane carrying 17 skydivers took off from there and landed upside-down after clipping a pickup.
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People
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2 'Experienced' Skydivers Killed in Separate Accidents in California and Pennsylvania
April 19, 2021 - Skydive Lodi Parachute Center has made headlines in recent years for a string of similar accidents; 22 people have died at the facility since 1981, according to the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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USA TODAY High School Sports
usatodayhss.com › story › sports › high-school › 2018 › 01 › 16 › tyler-nii-skydiving-accident-new-zealand › 76879514007
California high school tennis coach presumed dead after skydiving accident in New Zealand
January 16, 2018 - A California tennis coach is feared dead following an apparent skydiving accident while on a trip to New Zealand. According to reports in the San Francisco Chronicle and other local sources, Archbishop Mitty tennis coach Tyler Nii is presumed ...
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Jacksonville.com
jacksonville.com › story › sports › 2015 › 09 › 29 › extreme-sports-star-killed-california-skydiving-accident › 15682072007
Extreme sports star killed in California skydiving accident
September 29, 2015 - SAN FRANCISCO | A skier and BASE jumper who regularly appeared on an MTV show about extreme sports was killed while skydiving Northern California, authorities said. \n Erik Roner, of Tahoe City, died …
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Sfbayca
sfbayca.com › 2013 › 02 › 19 › skydiving-accident-prompts-internet-backlash
Skydiving accident prompts Internet backlash – SFBay
February 20, 2013 - A Bay Area man who captured his own harrowing skydiving descent on video is suffering another harsh landing, this time on the Internet.
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SFGATE
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28 deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on
April 1, 2024 - Francine would soon learn that 21 people had died in accidents tied to the center since 1985; five more have died there in the years since her son’s death. Kwon’s parents, still in Korea, would learn of their son’s death on Facebook.
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Skydive California
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How Safe is Skydiving? | Skydiving Accident Statistics & ...
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ABC7 San Francisco
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"I was about to die," Bay Area skydiver recounts terrifying midair incident on board same plane that crashed in Hawaii - ABC7 San Francisco
June 25, 2019 - SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The NTSB reports the very same plane, which crashed in Hawaii killing 11 people, was involved in a frightening mid-air incident here in the Bay Area three years ago.