{"id":25832,"date":"2011-07-13T11:53:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T15:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25832"},"modified":"2011-07-13T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T15:53:24","slug":"troopers-death-causes-army-to-suspend-t-11-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25832","title":{"rendered":"Trooper’s death causes Army to suspend T-11 use"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"T-11\"
\nLast month, i wrote about SSG Jamal Clay who died during a parachute accident<\/a> at Fort Bragg. the Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports today that the Army has suspended use of the T-11 parachute as a result;<\/p>\n

An internal Army memo says investigators found “potential packing, inspection, quality control and functionality problems” with the T-11 parachute system.<\/p>\n

According to the memo, Secretary of the Army John McHugh ordered the suspension of the parachute’s use until a safety investigation is completed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Fayetteville Observer<\/a> reports;<\/p>\n

An inspection of 10 of the T-11 parachutes revealed “tangled pack assist loops, improper corner arm folds, improperly stowed bridle, twists in the top of the canopy and failed pull tests of the reserve parachutes,” according to the memo.<\/p>\n

“The observations are significant and pervasive enough to indicate potential systemic shortfalls,” the memo says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remember the on-and-off-again phase the Army went through with the -1B, but that was mainly because of driver error – people getting entangled in each other’s parachutes because of the maneuverability of the parachute. This sounds like rigger training errors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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