FAA may fine California skydiving instructor over harness incident
MODESTO, Calif. (MCT) — The Federal Aviation Administration proposes fining a skydiving instructor $2,200, claiming he did not properly secure his student’s harness before the two tumbled from a plane at 13,000 feet above Earth.
But the student — an 81-year-old Oakdale, Calif., widow and retired cannery worker who became an overnight sensation when the video of her nearly falling out her harness was posted on YouTube — thinks that’s not right.
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