Brazil: Tragic end for Skydiving instructor Jose D. A Alancar Lima Jr. Horrific footage captures moment skydiving instructor jumps off cliff before falling to his death
Eyewitnesses said that the reason for the loss of balance was that he stepped on a hole in the rock. According to the police, the parachute was not properly deployed at the time of the fall.
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José de Alencar Lima Junior, de 49 anos, morreu neste domingo (3) ao tentar decolar de speed fly na Pedra Bonita, em São Conrado, zona sul do Rio de Janeiro. O acidente ocorreu no momento em que o piloto se preparava para o voo e corria para ganhar velocidade. pic.twitter.com/UFDiIu1J0Z
However, officials of the club that controls fly sports including paragliding (CSCLV) claim that Lima tried to fly speed from a place that was not suitable for doing such adventurous activities. The place he chose for speed flying was rough and forbidding. CSCLV paid tributes to Lima and said that CSCLV has no responsibility in this accident. Informed.
Lima served as a paratrooper in the Parachute Infantry Brigade of the Brazilian Army. He was also a skydiving instructor in Germany. Lima was a very experienced skydiver. However, it is not certain what happened this time. Anyway, Lima's sister-in-law said that there is a big danger.
Last month, a young woman died while skydiving in Brazil. Carolina Munoz Kennedy, 40, from Chile, died after her parachutes did not deploy properly.