JSDF paratrooper dies in training accident
ATV reports that a member of the elite JGSDF 1st Airborne Brigade died yesterday during a training exercise:
The paratrooper was making a jump from a helicopter and became entangled in his parachute. One of the ropes wrapped around his neck, strangling him to death. The man was a 31-year-old with a lot of experience making parachute jumps from helicopters.
Regular readers of this site may remember that the 1st Airborne Brigade made the news back in January when a somewhat similar accident occurred during helicopter jump training.
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