US EditionFelix Baumgartner's Fatal Accident Was Caused by Human Error, Prosecutor Finds
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Last July, Felix Baumgartner, a paratrooper and jumper Austrian BASE famous for jumping from the stratosphere in a jump sponsored by Red Bull in 2012, died when he crashed with his paraglider in Italy. Baumgartner, 56, was a very experienced extreme athlete with many jumps and flights behind him. His most famous jump was when he became the first human being to break the sound barrier with his body, falling from a capsule 39 kilometers above the …
Felix Baumgartner's fatal accident was caused by human error, prosecutor finds
Last July, Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper famous for jumping from the stratosphere in stunt sponsored by Red Bull in 2012, died when he crashed with his paraglider in Italy. Baumgartner, aged 56, was a very experienced extreme athlete with many jumps and flights behind. His most famoust jump was when he became the first human to break the sound barrier with his body, as he feel from a capsule 39 kilometers above Earth, fal…
The investigation found that there was no technical failure: the paraglider spiraled into a spiral that the Austrian could not correct.
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