| 11. | Her main parachute did not open, but she used the reserve parachute and landed safely.
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| 12. | His main parachute failed to open properly and his reserve parachute got caught up, organizers said.
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| 13. | Reserve parachutes are packed and deployed somewhat differently.
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| 14. | Yelena Kiss tried to open her reserve parachute but was too late, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.
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| 15. | This greatly decreases the time, and hence loss of altitude, required to fully open the reserve parachute.
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| 16. | This allowed the main and reserve parachutes to deploy and the capsule was recovered with only minor damage.
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| 17. | Skydivers usually need to do this quickly during emergencies in which they need to deploy a reserve parachute.
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| 18. | Police said the cords on his main and reserve parachutes were deliberately severed, and started a murder inquiry.
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| 19. | Whichever method is used, a spring-loaded pilot-chute then extracts the reserve parachute from the upper half of the container.
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| 20. | On 4 July 2003, Hilder fell to his death when, during a skydive, both his main and reserve parachutes failed.
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