A German woman has died in a skydiving accident in Arizona where parachutists were attempting to set a world record. The woman, who has not been named, was jumping in Eloy at 7.30am on Thursday when her parachute malfunctioned, Jocelyn Bernatchez, spokeswoman for Skydive Arizona, said. 'The malfunctioning parachute was released too low to allow the reserve parachute to fully open,' she told the Arizona Daily Star. The skydiver was declared dead at the scene. Tragic: A person in the World Team has died while trying to break the world record for a formation jump. Pictured, the Team, a group of 222 skydivers from 28 nations, attempts to break the record on Tuesday
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A German woman's parachute malfunctioned during the dive on Thursday and her reserve parachute did not have time to open
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220 people from 28 countries were attempting to break the world record for a 'formation jump', in which they fall together in a formation
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They have not succeeded to break the record so far this week
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