After a team member's hard landing at the 2022 National Day Parade, the review panel recommended intensifying the training closer to the day itself and replicating the conditions as closely as possible.
SINGAPORE: A panel set up to review the training and safety management of the Red Lions found no procedural lapses, after a team member took a hard landing at the National Day Parade in 2022.
“There was actually more turbulence experienced by the Red Lions jumpers than in previous rehearsal jumps,” said COL Pang. Responding to a question about whether 3WO Heng made a mistake in his response, leading to the incident, Commanding Officer of the SOTSC Lieutenant Colonel Neo Choon Chea, who oversees parachuting training and Red Lions training, stressed that the team member did exactly as he was required.
“Basically, last year’s incident and the review panel on it have no impact on whether the Red Lions are jumping in the heartlands this year or not. It’s related to each year’s NDP concept of celebrations, so this is not ruling out that in future NDPs, there won’t be heartland jumps,” said the ministry during the briefing.
“We designed the training drop zone to be similar to the layout of the Padang so that we allow the Red Lions to practise their landing approaches or the wind conditions that’s prevalent in the Padang, so that they’re very familiar with the landing approaches,” he added.
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