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Felix Baumgartner's Widow Shares Footage of His Fatal Paragliding Flight as More Details Emerge
PORTO SANT'ELPIDIO, ITALY, JUL 17 – Felix Baumgartner lost consciousness mid-flight and crashed into a hotel pool, dying instantly; a hotel employee was also injured, local reports said.
- On Thursday, July 17, 2025, Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding crash above Porto Sant'Elpidio, while piloting a motorized paraglider.
- Felix Baumgartner fell ill midflight and lost consciousness, The Mirror reported, causing loss of control of his motorized paraglider.
- Witnesses heard a large boom before Baumgartner’s paraglider plunged into a hotel swimming pool, injuring a hotel employee with neck injuries.
- An official investigation is ongoing into the crash circumstances, and his death has shocked the global extreme sports community.
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Mihaela Rădulescu says she didn’t believe at all that her partner, Felix Baumgartner, suffered a heart attack during the flight with the parapet. “I was sure Felix didn’t notice any injuries, was obsessive in that...
After the autopsy of the fatal accident Felix Baumgartner there is no evidence of a heart attack or cardiac arrest. However, a fainting attack cannot be ruled out.
Contrary to what was first announced in the media, Felix Baumgartner did not die in the middle of the flight but well after landing accidentally and violently in a swimming pool in Italy. ...
The Jumper base, which died last July 17, died of severe spinal injury. It is still investigated to understand what caused the fall.
Italian media reported yesterday that Felix Baumgartner's body was being inspected. Severe injuries to the spine were confirmed. An official publication has not yet been published, no date has been mentioned. The investigation of the accident continues, especially the passage of the collapse of the paraglider described by witnesses is being analysed. In the past few days, some alternative media and individual actors have enjoyed conspiracy theor…
The camera installed by the recordman of the free-fall jump would have stalled and landed in the middle of the propeller of his paragliding.
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