The FAA is investigating the death of a skydiving instructor in Nashville after he separated from his student during a jump. The instructor, Justin Fuller, is presumed to have fallen without a parachute. His student survived after deploying an emergency parachute and becoming trapped in a tree. The incident occurred during a tandem jump. Fuller was an experienced instructor, and investigators are trying to determine how the separation occurred. Other jumps that day were successful.

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