A jumper caught this damage to his locking loop while performing a thorough pre-flight inspection of his gear before his first jump of the day.

After opening their main canopies, jumpers tend to spread out and keep a respectful distance from one another until they all head for the same landing area.

Wingsuit flyers, or any jumpers who sit at the front of the plane and exit last, have the farthest to travel to the door on exit, which increases the chance of a snag.

A skydiver with 400-plus jumps changed out their main canopy and then made about 75 jumps on the rig.

A canopy coach caught this incorrectly configured cutaway cable on a rig rented by his student, who was a licensed skydiver. A local packer had hooked the main canopy up to the container.