Parachute

Texas Teen Who Survived 3,000-Foot Fall in Sky-Diving Accident Wins $760,000 in Lawsuit | Courts

Makenzie’s father, Joe Wethington, made the 200-mile drive to Oklahoma with her and was the first to jump from the plane that morning. The sky divers were making a static-line jump, where a lanyard attached to the plane is connected to the parachute, causing the chute to open automatically. Wethington said that when his daughter jumped, her parachute opened only partially and she began to spin …