SINGAPORE – Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng, the Red Lion who was injured after a hard landing at the National Day Parade (NDP) 2022, has been certified medically fit to resume training. Read more at straitstimes.com.
at the National Day Parade 2022, has been certified medically fit to resume training.
“He’s doing training for the next generation of airborne troopers,” said Colonel Pang, who added that 3WO Heng is helping with training for NDP 2023, but is unlikely to be part of the Red Lions team jumping on National Day.He added that 3WO Pang can be considered for the NDP 2024 team once he has resumed freefall refresher training and gone through prerequisite jumps.in the wake of 3WO Heng’s injury did not find any procedural lapses surrounding the incident.
This caused his parachute to be depressurised briefly, which resulted in a loss of altitude, it said, adding that the panel “found that he could have turned towards the final leg earlier by adopting a more gradual turn profile”.
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