I am working from my home office today and caught the local news over lunch. Guess what I saw for about the 50th time now? Skydiver survives 10,000' plunge after her main and reserve parachutes malfunction. I live just north of Boston--this was the local news.
Having seen this tape a few times now, looks like the slider got hung up. Man, I think I'd be banging on everything to get it down, even as a student. But then, I spent a lot of time in a hanging harness and was never trained to believe in a 'guaranteed open.' What's THAT about?