{"id":26496,"date":"2025-10-07T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=26496"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:54:38","slug":"human-error-caused-crash-that-killed-record-breaking-skydiver-felix-baumgartner-felix-baumgartner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=26496","title":{"rendered":"Human error caused crash that killed record-breaking skydiver Felix Baumgartner | Felix Baumgartner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died in July along Italy\u2019s Adriatic coast. He was 56. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until Baumgartner\u2019s paraglider started spinning to the ground, crashing near a hotel swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Prosecutor Raffaele Iannella said the investigation found no technical issues with Baumgartner\u2019s motorized paraglider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cHe fell into a spiral, and he could not get out. He was unable to do the maneuver that he should have done to exit [the fall],\u201d Iannella told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1ypwo6h\">Quick Guide<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"dcr-1fa5dcn\">How do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-55zfp0\"><span class=\"dcr-3j53am\"><span class=\"dcr-41evle\"><\/span>Show<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for &#8216;The Guardian&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you\u2019re on the most recent version.<\/li>\n<li>In the Guardian app, tap the Menu button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications.<\/li>\n<li>Turn on sport notifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The prosecutor will now request that the case be closed, which will require a judge\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Known as \u201cFearless Felix,\u201d Baumgartner made headlines around the world in 2012 when he became the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. He wore a pressurized suit and jumped from a capsule hoisted more than 24 miles above New Mexico by a giant helium balloon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Austrian topped out at 843.6 mph \u2013 the equivalent of 1.25 times the speed of sound \u2013 during a nine-minute descent. At one point, he went into a potentially dangerous flat spin while still supersonic, spinning for 13 seconds, his crew later said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-1alawo7\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\"> Felix Baumgartner makes record-breaking skydive from space \u2013 video<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhen I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble,\u201d he said after landing in New Mexico. \u201cYou do not think about breaking records any more, you do not think of about gaining scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Baumgartner, a former Austrian military parachutist, made thousands of jumps from planes, bridges, skyscrapers and landmarks around the world, but denied he took unnecessary risks. \u201cI hate it if someone calls me a thrillseeker or an adrenaline junkie because I am not. I like the whole planning,\u201d he said in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paragliding crash that killed extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner in July was caused by human error, an investigating prosecutor said on Tuesday. Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, died in July along Italy\u2019s Adriatic coast. He was 56. Witnesses said the flight appeared normal until Baumgartner\u2019s paraglider started spinning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[15907,5669,1872,7282,2834,761,632,9228,15906],"class_list":{"0":"post-26496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-baumgartner","9":"tag-caused","10":"tag-crash","11":"tag-error","12":"tag-felix","13":"tag-human","14":"tag-killed","15":"tag-recordbreaking","16":"tag-skydiver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}