A TikTok influencer has died whereas skydiving in Toronto after her reserve parachute didn’t have sufficient time to inflate, in accordance with studies.
Tanya Pardazi, 21, who had greater than 100,000 followers on TikTok, died on 27 August throughout her first solo dive after finishing a course with Skydive Toronto.
She had additionally taken half in a earlier contest of Miss Canada during which she is alleged to have reached the semi-final stage.
The skydive facility requires college students to finish a course in “all of the fundamentals required to successfully complete your first skydive” earlier than they take their first jumps from 4,000 toes, in accordance with the web site.
The facility confirmed a 21-year-old scholar’s dying in a Facebook assertion however didn’t determine Pardazi by title.
The assertion stated a philosophy scholar had “released a quickly-rotating main parachute at a low altitude without the time or altitude required for the reserve parachute to inflate”.
“The jumper was a welcomed recent addition to the skydiving community and will be missed amongst the student’s new friends and fellow jumpers of Skydive Toronto Inc,” the assertion added.
“The team at Skydive Toronto Inc has been profoundly affected by this accident as they have refined their student training program for over 50 years.”
In a submit on Instagram, the University of Toronto’s cheerleading group stated Ms Pardazi was “one in a million” and can be “forever part of our team and in our hearts”.
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Friends stated she had lived her life to the “fullest” and “don’t believe” she has handed away.
Childhood pal Melody Ozgoli advised CTV News Toronto: “She really lived every second to the fullest.
“This is the largest shock to us. It’s very exhausting to course of. It’s been a few days, however we nonetheless do not even consider it.”
Source: information.sky.com”