A skydiver died after his parachute failed to deploy for "some unknown reason" an inquest has found. Charles McNeil, 49, from Poole, Dorset, died while doing a wingsuit jump with a friend at ...

A 73-year-old man has died in a skydiving incident after he suffered a hard landing when his parachute didn't fully deploy during his jump, police say. The incident, which happened last Wednesday in ...

A beloved 60-year-old skydiver died after plummeting to the ground when his parachute did not fully open, according to authorities. Just after 3 p.m. on Nov. 16, authorities received a report of a ...

World champion skydiver Pierre Wolnik has died after a parachute malfunction during a jump over a mountain. He was 37. Wolnik, a wingsuit skydiver and two-time French freefly world champion, jumped ...

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An experienced skydiver who plummeted to his death after his parachute failed to deploy during a competition has been named as Russian national Dimitri Didenko. The 30-year-old was performing a solo ...