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Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian paratrooper best known for his record space immersion, died in a paragliding accident in Italy on Thursday, according to Italian officials. He was 56 years old.
According to the reports, Baumgartner was flying a motorized parapendent in the coastal city of Porto Sant’elpidio in the Marche region of Italy, where it was said that he crashed into a hotel pool.
Felix Baumgartner of Austria prepares to get out of the capsule before his jump to the first manned test for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, NM, March 15, 2012. (Balazsgardi.com/red Bull Content Pool)
According to Sky Austria, he suddenly got sick before the accident. The report also led a hotel employee to a hospital after suffering injuries in the accident.
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Pak Gazette Digital has communicated with the representatives of Baumgartner.
In a statement to Pak Gazette Digital, a Redbull representative said: “We are shocked and overwhelmed with sadness when listening to the devastating news of our old friend Felix Baumgartner.
“Felix ‘was born to fly.
“We remember Felix as a lovely person, dedicated to his family and friends, to whom we send our sincere sympathy. Felix, we will miss you deeply.”
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner speaks during a press conference at the Windsor Atlantic Hotel during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards on March 9, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Buddha Mendes/Getty images for Laureus)
The mayor of the city, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed local reports on a Facebook post.
“Our community is deeply affected by the tragic death of Felix Baumgartner, a figure of global importance, a symbol of courage and passion for extreme flight. It was flying just over our city when a sudden disease took it out of us,” said Ciarpella’s position, according to a translation.
“Porto Sant’elpidio sympathizes with his family and his loved ones in this moment of sadness. On behalf of the municipal administration and all citizens, I express our most sincere condolences for this immeasurable loss.”
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Baumgartner had published several videos in the Instagram stories of himself paragliding in Italy in the week prior to his death. In a mysterious final publication on Thursday, he took a photo of a wind with the title “Too Vind”.
Austrian Daredevil Felix Baumgartner prepares to jump from his capsule to an altitude of approximately 71,500 feet on March 15, 2012. (Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Fool)
Born on April 20, 1969, in Salzburg, Austria, Baumgartner was established as a skilled and brave paratrooper, base sweater, reckless and much more. On October 14, 2012, he did what no one else had tried.
He fell from space.
Baumgartner established three world records, including the highest free fall and the highest crew balloon flight. And he became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound during a free fall when he took a giant helium balloon over New Mexico and jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet.
Reached speeds of 843.6 mph, or the equivalent of Mach 1.25, 1.25 times the speed of sound, Associated Press reported at that time. It was literally supersonic.
A file photography taken during a practice flight on July 30, 2003 shows Austrian paratrooper Felix Baumgartner during the free fall in the La Mancha channel between Dover and Calais. (Reuters/Ulrich Grillieasa/WS/File Photo)
According to the Baumgartner Bio website on the Redbull website, he broke 14 world records, including the lowest base jump, which he achieved in 2011 when he jumped from the statue of Christ Redenter in Brazil.
