Life Saving List
Up to now, we have 44 real recorded Life Savings.
| N° | Month / Year | Serial Number | Mode |
DZ / Country
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | July - 08 | #10130 | PRO | Cerfontaine/Belgium |
| Tried to pull for main and for reserve, but didn't succeed. Vigil fired to release the reserve. Safe landings. | ||||
| 43 | September - 08 | #2134 | STU | CZE/JIHLAVA |
| Lost control after low exit. | ||||
| 42 | September - 08 | #8427 | STU | Serbia/Paracin |
| Malfunction of main (line twist with slider) + low cutaway. Vigil fired, safe landing under reserve. | ||||
| 41 | September - 08 | #2133 | STU | Serbia/Paracin |
| Few attempts to find handle without succes and then Vigil fired to release the reserve... | ||||
| 40 | August - 08 | #6378 | PRO | Russia/Rjazan |
| Didn't hear sound of altmeter and lost altitude, tried to find handle and Vigil fired. | ||||
| 39 | August - 08 | #12072 | PRO | Russia/Kubinka |
| Problem with control line and lost altitude followed by a low cut away. | ||||
| 38 | August - 08 | #5542 | TANDEM | New Zealand/ Redcliffe |
| Pulled reserve later than Vigil fired. | ||||
| 37 | July - 08 | #8546 | PRO | Boituva/Brazil |
| Lost body position with altitude awareness, no action to open main or reserve canopy. | ||||
| 36 | June - 08 | #4356 | STU | Kirzhach/Russia |
| AFF jump, unstable and no action... | ||||
| 35 | June - 08 | #6409 | PRO | Kirzhach/Russia |
| Cameraman tried to help student (AFF jump). | ||||
| 34 | June - 08 | #2725 | PRO | Santiago Chili |
| Student could not reach the main handle. When he could it was 1000 ft and decide not to pull to avoid double canopy. Vigil fired and released the reserve. | ||||
| 33 | June - 08 | #1319 | TANDEM | Marion / MONTANA USA |
| Unable to release the drogue and emergency procedure. | ||||
| 32 | May - 08 | #6011 | PRO | Bouloc / FRANCE |
| Didn't succeed security procedure. | ||||
| 31 | Avr - 08 | #8399 | STUDENT | Hosin / CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Lost control + altitude awareness | ||||
| 30 | Avr - 08 | #7960 | PRO | Chester / USA |
| Severe line twist followed by Low Cut away | ||||
| 29 | Nov - 07 | #3115 | STUDENT | NEDERLANDS |
| Low Cut away | ||||
| 28 | Oct - 07 | #5765 | PRO | Istomino / RUSSIA |
| Main malfunction followed by cut away. Tried to find reserve for about 3 seconds and pulled just after Vigil activated | ||||
| 27 | Sept - 07 | #3870 | STUDENT | Kumanovo / MACEDONIA |
| Low Cut away | ||||
| 26 | Aug - 07 | #6897 | STUDENT | Mazowsze / POLAND |
| Low Cut away | ||||
| 25 | July - 07 | #2742 | TANDEM | Green County, OHIO / USA |
| "After a normal freefall, Tandem master had a hard time pulling drogue release handle losing altitude wich resulted in the Vigil activation" | ||||
| 24 | July - 07 | #3695 | STUDENT | Ava Elying Center / BULGARIA |
| "When the jumper wanted to open the parachute, the hand deploy came in main canopy". Strong spinning. Just after cut away Vigil activated to open the reserve. | ||||
| 23 | July - 07 | #2736 | PRO | Gap / FRANCE |
| Low cut away. Vigil activated same time as jumper. | ||||
| 22 | Apr- 07 | #6128 | PRO | Tecumseh, MICHIGAN / USA |
| Audible Altimeter did not alarm and lost altitude awareness until Vigil activated. "Thank you" | ||||
| 21 | May - 07 | #3007 | PRO | LITHUANIA |
| Main started spinning. Cut away and Vigil activated | ||||
| 20 | Nov - 06 | #6294 | PRO | Chalon sur Saone / FRANCE |
| Low cut away | ||||
| 19 | Nov - 06 | #3801 | STUDENT | Pujaut / FRANCE |
| No action and Vigil activated " Merci Vigil !!" | ||||
| 18 | Nov - 06 | #1220 | STUDENT | Freefall Express, Vernon / USA |
| Start spinning, tried to pull and Vigil activated | ||||
| 17 | Nov - 06 | #5480 | PRO | Ogden / USA |
| Jumper was having trouble finding Pilot chute while spinning. Vigil activated. "God bless you guys" | ||||
| 16 | Oct - 06 | #4028 | PRO | Leznica / POLAND |
| Jumper could not reach hand deploy BOC nor reserve altitude | ||||
| 15 | Sept - 06 | #3958 | PRO | New Mexico / USA |
| Main canopy was sniveled and lost altitude | ||||
| 14 | Sept - 06 | #3530 | STUDENT | Nowy Targ / POLAND |
| "Could not find handle of PC BOC, when found Vigil activated" | ||||
| 13 | Aug - 06 | #3188 | PRO | Freefall Express, Vernon / USA |
| Main parachute failed to open. Emergency procedures were unsuccessful. | ||||
| 12 | June - 06 | #5369 | STUDENT | Black Knights Center / ENGLAND |
| Lost altitude awareness. No pull. Vigil activated | ||||
| 11 | June - 06 | #5151 | PRO | Skydive Center Spa / BELGIUM |
| Cut away after main malfunction. No reserve pull and Vigil activated. | ||||
| 10 | June - 06 | #3340 | STUDENT | Biakstok / POLAND |
| No action | ||||
| 9 | June - 06 | #2685 | PRO | USA |
| Spinning malfunction, cut away and Vigil activated. Landed in the ocean cause she was too low to make it to land. | ||||
| 8 | Apr - 06 | # | Santiago / CHILE | |
| "Pilot chute problem, was not cooked (kill line) followed by cut away at low altitude". Vigil detected this and activated opening reserve | ||||
| 7 | Mar - 06 | #1591 | PRO | Stupino / RUSSIA |
| Lost altitude awareness | ||||
| 6 | Nov - 05 | #2669 | STUDENT | Skydown Sport, Caldwell / USA |
| Student pulled only ripcord part away. Lost altitude awareness and didn't initiate emergency procedure. Vigil activated. | ||||
| 5 | Nov - 05 | #3815 | PRO | RUSSIA |
| Jumped with camera wings and couldn't grip pilot chute to open canopy. vigil acyivated at correct altitude. | ||||
| 4 | May - 05 | #2530 | STUDENT | Clinceni, Bucarest / ROMANIA |
| The cords of the main have been blocked in the plastic rings. The jumper was waiting for the opening but in this freefall he reached the activation height of the Vigil | ||||
| 3 | Feb - 05 | #2547 | PRO | Gold Coast / USA |
| "My main handle was stucked in, lost altitude awareness, Vigil activated and landed safe" | ||||
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2 |
Sept - 04 |
#601
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PRO | Morsele / BELGIUM |
| Spinning followed by cut away at low altitude. Vigil activated immediatly. Safe landing under reserve canopy | ||||
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1 |
Aug - 04 |
#1223
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STUDENT | Hollister / USA |
| "Student rolled on back searching for pilot chute until Vigil did its job perfectly" | ||||
