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Felix 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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The world saw Felix Baumgartner become in the fall of 2012 the only person to jump from the stratosphere, challenging the speed of sound, and so his sudden death last Thursday, at 56 years old and during a paragliding flight, has shocked the planet. A few days after his death, the first details of what happened in the accident that ended his life have come to light."Everything was normal, then it started to spin like a spin," said Mirella Ivanov…
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding crash at 56
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver known for his 2012 supersonic jump from the stratosphere, died in a paragliding crash in Italy. He was 56. Local reports say he lost control mid-air and crashed near a hotel pool.
Austrian skydiver and daredevil Felix Baumgartner died in a paragliding accident on Thursday.
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