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Meanings of parachute malfunction in English

Failure of a parachuting device.

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        Examples for "malfunction"
        Examples for "malfunction"
        1
        Patients were followed for 6 months; therapy duration and malfunction were recorded.
        Pubmed
        2
        Centrifuge parts that worked for a year but then began to malfunction.
        The increment: a novel
        3
        Sixty-three percent suffered a shunt malfunction within 5 years of ASD implantation.
        Pubmed
        4
        Their malfunction has been linked to a number of diseases and disorders.
        Wired
        5
        Since Mission Control could hear their conversations, Scott fabricated a seatbelt malfunction.
        Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
        Usage of parachute malfunction in English
        1
        He said he did not want to comment on the suggestion there was a parachute malfunction, but that this would be investigated.
        Radio NZ
        2
        The last fatal skydiving accident there occurred in 2011, when another jumper's parachute malfunctioned, according to sheriff's records.
        Reuters
        3
        In 2000, an agency smokejumper leaped from a plane to his death in Alaska after his parachute malfunctioned, Frederick said.
        Reuters