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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Remeikis

Negative drug tests recorded for personnel who packed Jack Fitzgibbon parachute before deadly jump

Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon
Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon died after a parachute incident during training at RAAF base in Richmond, New South Wales. Photograph: Supplied/Supplied by Department of Defence

All defence personnel involved in packing and checking Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon’s parachute before his tragic death had tested negative for prohibited substances, the Australian defence force says.

On Sunday the ABC reported six unidentified soldiers serving at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Richmond had “failed comprehensive drug screening in mid-February and early March” and were facing potential expulsion from the ADF.

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