Two die after tandem skydive goes wrong

Two people died on Sunday when they were doing a tandem skydive and their parachute failed to open. The accident occurred near Mladá Boleslav in central Bohemia around 1 p.m. A spokesperson for the local police said it was as yet unclear what had caused the accident. On Saturday a pilot died after his light plane crashed near Chrudim in east Bohemia. Three parachutists on the plane survived after jumping out of the aircraft before the crash.