US EditionFelix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy
PORTO SANT'ELPIDIO, ITALY, JUL 17 – Felix Baumgartner, 56, lost control of his paraglider after feeling unwell and crashed into a hotel pool, injuring a hotel employee, Italian media reported.
- In Porto Sant'Elpidio, Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident after reportedly feeling unwell and losing control of his glider.
- On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped 39 kilometers above Earth, achieving the highest and fastest free-fall and breaking the sound barrier unaided, as he reported.
- After feeling unwell before the flight, Italian media reported, losing consciousness mid-flight and crashing into a hotel pool, local media said, lightly injuring a young female hotel employee.
- The energy drink company Red Bull confirmed his death to ORF, while a hotel employee was left with neck injuries, her condition not serious.
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Famed Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Dies After Paragliding Incident, Reportedly Crashed Into a Pool
Baumgartner reportedly died on Thursday, July 17, while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in ItalyMathis Wienand/Getty Felix Baumgartner in Cologne, Germany, on Nov. 21, 2014NEED TO KNOWSkydiver Felix Baumgartner has died at the age of 56 following a paragliding incident, when he reportedly crashed at a hotel swimming pool in ItalyBaumgartner was killed on Thursday, July 17; he had been flying over Porto Sant'ElpidioHe made history in 2012 when he …
Felix Baumgartner lived an extremely dangerous life. Especially during base jumping, he often risked everything. His death on holiday in Italy, on the other hand, seems almost everyday.
Stunt legend Felix Baumgartner may have had heart attack in the air before crashing to his death in paraglider
Legendary stuntman Felix Baumgartner may have had a mid-air heart attack when he plunged to his death, injuring a resort employee as he crashed into a busy pool area, according to local reports.
He once jumped out of the stratosphere and made history with it. Felix Baumgartner has now died in a paragliding flight, over someone who always went to the limit and caused controversy.
In 2012, Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, who became world famous in 2012 when he became the first person in the world to parachute from a capsule in the stratosphere from a height of almost 39 kilometers, reaching a speed of 1,357.6 kilometers per hour, died in a paragliding accident in Italy at the age of 57. The Austrian had also prepared for his adrenaline-pumping feats in Slovenia on several occasions.
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