Īmerican adventurer Johnny Strange (23) crashed into the ground and died after jumping from a 2,000 metre summit in the Swiss canton of Uri. ĭamian Hrdlicka, a long-time skydiver and Yahoo-sponsored sky surfer, was found dead with nothing out, approximately two-thirds of the way through his flight path at Gitschen, Switzerland. Ĭolombian Jhonathan Florez (32), known as "The Birdman", a 2013 wingsuiting world champion, died after falling from the exit point at Engelberg, Switzerland. ĭean Potter (43) and Graham Hunt (29) died during an illegal wingsuit flight from Taft Point, in Yosemite National Park.
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Josh Sheppard (31) an experienced wingsuit flier and skydiver with more than 3,000 jumps, died when his parachute failed to open after he illegally jumped from a Michigan TV tower.
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Īlex Duncan, a 26 year-old Australian from Manly, Sydney, died after crashing into a mountain during a jump in the Swiss Alps. Darío was supposed to fly over an old castle but, for unknown reasons, crashed into the cliff where the castle is located. ĭarío Barrio (42), a famous Spanish TV chef, owner of the Madrid restaurant Dassa Bassa and an experienced wingsuit flier, died in an accident while participating in the International Air Festival at Segura de la Sierra in Jaén, a province in southern Spain. Vicary and Woerth were found dead Drake died four days later in hospital. They had planned to land in the valley, but took a wrong turn, flew over the wrong ridge, and crashed into an alpine pasture. Three experienced wingsuit flyers: New Zealander Dan Vicary (33), Frenchman Ludovic Woerth (34), and American Brian Drake (33) jumped from a helicopter over the Lütschental area near Bern, Switzerland. Prolific climber, adventurer, and BASE jumper Sean "Stanley" Leary was killed in a BASE jumping accident near Zion National Park, Utah.
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Hungarian wingsuit flyer, Victor Kovats, plunged to his death in trial run for world championships in Tianmen Mountain after parachute failed to open. Álvaro Bultó, a Spanish wingsuit flier, died after a wingsuit BASE-jump in Switzerland. Mario Richard, an American wingsuit flyer, died during a wingsuit BASE jump from Sass Pordoi in Italy’s Dolomites. Mark Sutton (42), a British stuntman who had parachuted into the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as a James Bond character, was killed when he hit a ridge while wingsuit BASE-jumping near Martigny, Switzerland.
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Hervé le Gallou, who was, along with Dave McDonnell, one of the first persons to jump from the Burj Khalifa, died wingsuiting on Grande Tête de l'Obiou in the French Alps. He was described by a former professor as "very careful the sport seriously". He was a PhD candidate at ETH Zürich working on the mathematical modelling of the aerodynamic characteristics of wingsuits. Geoffrey Robson died during a wingsuit BASE jump from Stellenbosch, South Africa. He accidentally hit the side of the mountain. Įli Thompson (36) died while performing a wingsuit proximity-flying jump from a helicopter in the Swiss Alps. He experienced problems when he attempted to release his skis, and as a result failed to deploy his parachute in time. McConkey was performing a complicated ski-BASE jump in Italy.
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Shane McConkey (39) was a professional skier and BASE jumper. He failed to clear a ledge, and struck the cliff. After several days of successful jumps, Hall attempted a wingsuit flight through a canyon.
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Īmerican adventurer and TV personality Jimmy Hall (41) died on an expedition to Baffin Island in northern Canada. He went into a coma, and died several days later in Canberra Hospital. After a good jump and flight, his parachute opened with multiple line twists making it difficult to steer and he crashed onto an adjacent building. On 6 October 2004, Roland Simpson leapt from the Jin Mao Tower, the tallest skyscraper in China at the time, in a wingsuit. Roland "Slim" Simpson was a well known Australian BASE jumper. The pilots were eventually reprimanded for allowing the jump. This was not a BASE accident as he had jumped from an airplane it was technically an illegal jump since he used BASE equipment containing only one parachute (i.e., no reserve parachute). ĭwain Weston (30), an Australian skydiver who held the 2002 BASE jumping world title, died after hitting a railing on the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado. Patrick de Gayardon (38) died testing his pioneer wingsuits in Hawaii. Stunt parachutist Gerard Masselin jumped from a biplane showing his wingsuit to the camera and was killed after his parachute failed to open. Below are listed the most notable ones, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death.įranz Reichelt (30), the inventor of a pre-modern wingsuit, jumped from the Eiffel Tower to his death in a failed test flight. Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport.