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The men, both in
their 20s, were found about 10 a.m. near Lodi, about 40 miles
south of Sacramento, said Lieutenant Randy Johnson of the San
Joaquin Sheriff's Department. The men have not been identified.
Bill Dause, owner of the Parachute Center, in Acampo, said the
men jumped in tandem from 13,000 feet and their parachutes had
failed to open. They were "freelancers" and neither worked for
the company, he said.
"We have no idea what went wrong, other than speculating ... It
looks like something went out of sequence," he said.
Dause said no one from his company had been able to examine the
equipment to determine what had gone wrong.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the
accident was under investigation.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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