11. Her main parachute did not open, but she used the reserve parachute and landed safely. 12. His main parachute failed to open properly and his reserve parachute got caught up, organizers said. 13. Reserve parachutes are packed and deployed somewhat differently.14. Yelena Kiss tried to open her reserve parachute but was too late, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. 15. This greatly decreases the time, and hence loss of altitude, required to fully open the reserve parachute . 16. This allowed the main and reserve parachutes to deploy and the capsule was recovered with only minor damage. 17. Skydivers usually need to do this quickly during emergencies in which they need to deploy a reserve parachute . 18. Police said the cords on his main and reserve parachutes were deliberately severed, and started a murder inquiry. 19. Whichever method is used, a spring-loaded pilot-chute then extracts the reserve parachute from the upper half of the container. 20. On 4 July 2003, Hilder fell to his death when, during a skydive, both his main and reserve parachutes failed.
