Death in Italy: Baumgartner girlfriend filmed death flight

The death flight of extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner was filmed by his partner. The Romanian journalist Mihaela Radulescu Schwartzenberg released a video that shows the 56-year-old on the Italian Adriatic coast at the start and in the first seconds of his last flight. There is now speculation that the accident could have been triggered by a camera that Baumgartner had installed on his paraglider. The result of the autopsy is still pending.

His partner, with whom the Austrian had been together for more than ten years, posted a previously unknown one -minute video on X. It shows how Baumgartner is preparing on his back with a large propeller. Then he lifts off with his motorized paraglider. She wrote: “When I take off, I filmed him without knowing that this will be the last flight of his extraordinary life.”

The result of autopsy is still pending

Baumgartner had a fatal accident on Thursday near the Porto Sant’Elpidio, Porto Sant’elpidio on Thursday. Together with his girlfriend, he went on vacation there. His body was autopsied on Friday. There are no official results so far. The investigations as to whether the paraglider may have been defective are not yet final.

The Austrian made headlines worldwide with a jump from a height of 39 kilometers in the stratosphere in the stratosphere.

Report: Camera could have been in propeller

So far, it has so far been believed that the 56-year-old suffered a heart attack or a weakness in the air and could then no longer control his paraglider. In the meantime, however, there is also speculation that the crash could have been triggered by a camera that Baumgartner had installed to film from behind. He often put videos on the Internet from his flights.

According to a report by the daily newspaper “Il Resto del Carlino”, the investigators are now checking whether the camera attached to a rope could have gotten into the propeller due to a quick maneuver or turbulence. Baumgartner may have tried to activate the emergency screen, but without success, it said. A technical report should clarify the question. According to the newspaper, this thesis is supported by the reports of eyewitnesses that saw the paraglider falling steeply.