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Felix Baumgartner, the most famous Austrian parachuting for its record space dive, died Thursday in a paragliding accident in Italy, according to Italian officials. He was 56 years old.
Baumgartner would have piloted a motorized paraglider in the coastal city of Porto Sant’ELpidio in the region of walks in Italy, where he would have run away in a hotel swimming pool.
Felix Baumgartner, of Austria, is preparing to leave the capsule before his jump during the first inhabited test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, NM, March 15, 2012. (Balazsgardi.com/red Bull Content Pool)
According to Sky Austria, he fell ill suddenly before the accident. An employee of the hotel was also taken to hospital after suffering injuries in the accident, the report said.
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PK Press Club Digital contacted the representatives of Baumgartner.
In a statement to PK Press Club Digital, a Representative of Redbull said: “We are shocked and overwhelmed by the sadness to hear the new devastating of our longtime friend Felix Baumgartner.
“Felix was” born to fly “and was determined to push the limits. He was also intelligent, professional, meticulous and meticulous, without leaving anything to chance. He was generous, giving a large part of his time to help and inspire so many people.
“We remember Felix as a charming person, devoted to his family and friends, to whom we send our sincere sympathy. Felix, we will be deeply missing.”
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner talks about a press conference at Windsor Atlantic Hotel at Laureus World Sports Awards 2013 on March 9, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Buda Mendes / Getty Images for Laureus)
The mayor of the city, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed local reports in an article on Facebook.
“Our community is deeply affected by the tragic death of Felix Baumgartner, a figure of global meaning, a symbol of courage and passion for an extreme flight. It was flying just above our city when a sudden illness took it to us today,” said Ciarpella’s post, according to a translation.
“Porto sant’ELPIDIO is united with his family and loved ones during this period of sorrow. 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 on Instagram stories on himself paragliding in Italy in the week before his death. In a strange final position shared on Thursday, he took a photo of a Windsock with the legend “too much wind”.
The Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner should jump from his capsule at an altitude of around 71,500 feet on March 15, 2012. (Jay Nemeth / Red Bull content pool)
Born April 20, 1969 in Salzburg, Austria, Baumgartner has established itself as a qualified and intrepid parachuting, a basic jumper, a daredevil and much more. On October 14, 2012, he did what no one else had ever tried.
He fell from space.
Baumgartner has established three world records, including the highest and highest crew ball. And he became the first person to travel faster than the speed of the sound during a free fall when he took a giant helium ball on the New Mexico and jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet.
He reached speeds of 843.6 MPH, or the equivalent of Mach 1.25, 1.25 times the speed of the sound, reported the Associated Press at the time. He was literally supersonic.
A file photograph taken during a training flight on July 30, 2003, shows Austrian parachuting Felix Baumgartner during free fall through the English chain between Dover and Calais. (Photo Reuters / Ulrich Grillasa / WS / File)
According to Baumgartner’s biography on the Redbull website, he broke 14 world records, including the lowest basic jump, which he accomplished in 2011 when he jumped from the Hand of the Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.
