The Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartnerrecognized for their contributions to the development of extreme sports, died Thursday after crashing with a motorized paragliding in Porto Sant’elpidio, Italy.
According to the preliminary information disseminated by the state chain RAI and confirmed by the medium Heute of Austria, the athlete, of 56 yearsexperienced a discomfort during the flight, which made him lose control of the air team.
The impact occurred in the area of a pool belonging to a hotel complex. In the collision a woman was also injured, whose state was qualified as non -serious by emergency services.
Baumgartner He was on vacation on the Adriatic coast and had shared on social networks a recent image flying over the area of Fermo
Minutes before his last takeoff, he published a message warning about adverse climatic conditions, which accounts for the control he had about the risk factors inherent in his activity.
The Local Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the death could have occurred before the impact, as a direct consequence of the discomfort suffered in the air. The research process continues in progress, subject to the evaluation of medical and aeronautical experts.
Born in Salzburg, AustriaApril 20, 1969, Felix Baumgartner He formed as a tank driver in the Austrian armed forces and then as a paratrooper.
Its trajectory includes various actions linked to the base jump, flights without engine and aerial acrobatics made in urban and natural environments.
The historic jump from Baumgartner’s stratosphere
Among its most prominent milestones is the jump from the stratosphere executed the October 14, 2012as part of the project Red Bull Stratos. That event implied an ascension in capsule to the 39,068 meters altitude and the posterior Free fall descent, which exceeded the sound barrier and established multiple world records.
After his official retirement in 2012, Baumgartner He continued conducting aerial exhibitions and participating in initiatives linked to the technical dissemination of extreme sport. He received the Laureus Award to the Best extreme athlete of the yearand their activities were widely covered by international means.
Source: Ambito
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