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The closing pin holds the parachute closed; inside is the deployment bag which holds the folded parachute canopy. In a normal opening sequence the pilot chute, a small drogue, is released first which removes closing pin and then pulls out the deployment bag, the canopy the inflates after coming out of the deployment bag, or d-bag.
In this instance the closing pin was knocked out shortly before the jumper exited; this allowed the deployment bag to drop out of the container, you can see it trailing behind the jumper around the 0:08 sec point, the pilot chute was then pulled out by the d-bag and you see this also catch on the skid, after that the canopy started to come out of the d-bag and start to inflate.
Last edited by Skymong; 9th Jul 2013 at 16:43.