Friday Freakout: Close Call, Skydivers Avoid Midair Canopy Collision

Get your TEEM gear here: For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000479 ___________________________________ *WHAT HAPPENED* Just before break-off on this 2-way belly jump, one jumper got flipped over the other right before “tracking away“ — but neither jumper really tracked. When they deployed, they were dangerously close to each other and nearly had a midair collision. *WHY DID IT HAPPEN* Bad Tracking The jumper who submitted the video said that the second jumper failed to turn 180 degrees away and tracked under him. However, from what we’re seeing here this was really just poor tracking by both jumpers. As seen best in the second jumper’s video (camera 2), the first jumper sees his buddy, waves off, doesn’t really create any distance, sinks out a bit, checks his altitude, and deploys. The second jumper at least tries to track a little, but also doesn’t get much distance befor