Search is on for New Hampshire skydiving instructor lost in tandem jump
Officials say Brett Bickford, 41, became separated from his student during the jump.
LEBANON, Maine (AP) â Authorities in Maine are searching for the body of a skydiving instructor who became separated from his student during a tandem jump.
Officials say 41-year-old Brett Bickford of Rochester, New Hampshire, and his student participated in a jump around 2 p.m. Thursday near Skydive New England in Lebanon. The student called police after he landed safely and couldn’t find his instructor.
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Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says investigators determined the instructor and student became separated about a mile above the ground. McCausland says the instructor didn’t have a backup parachute.
Both people use the same parachute in a tandem jump. Police aren’t sure how the skydivers became separated.
Authorities suspended the search around 9 p.m. Thursday and resumed Friday morning.
