A skydiving instructor and student went into an uncontrollable spin when their parachute malfunctioned before they plummeted into the desert near Jean at upwards of 45 mph, according to a police report obtained Tuesday.

The 54-year-old instructor and his 24-year-old student had been strapped together when they jumped late Wednesday morning at 11,000 feet, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report. It said another pair of skydivers told investigators they’d noticed the other pair’s primary parachute was “not working as well as it could have,”

The report said a backup parachute kept the main parachute from fully opening, causing the pair to go into a spin from which the instructor could not recover, according to witnesses accounts.

They said the instructor released the main par

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