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Manufacturers' service bulletins, federation rule changes and incident reports from skydiving. Every item names its source and the country it applies to.

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Safety21 September 2026United States

USPA sharpens tandem safety requirements

USPA has tightened its requirements for tandem instructors after reviewing incidents. What the rule says, whom it binds and what it does not change in Poland.

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What goes in this category

Manufacturers' service bulletins, changes to the rules of the bodies skydivers belong to, and incident reports and analyses. We cover them because they are the things skydivers learn from circulars and a tandem passenger never hears about at all.

What is not here: incident coverage written for clicks, and guesses at a cause before anyone has established one. Every item names its source — the rules are in the editorial standard.

Where these stories come from

From the documents of the bodies responsible for safety: notices from federations such as USPA and British Skydiving, manufacturers' bulletins, and the reports of the authorities that investigate accidents, in Poland the State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation. Every story says in which country the rule it describes applies. How safety works on a tandem with us is covered separately in the guide is skydiving safe.