Daredevil Felix Baumgartner who jumped from area in Crimson Bull stunt dies in horror paragliding crash

Felix Baumgartner, well-known for a 2012 daredevil leap from area for Crimson Bull, has died aged 56 in a paragliding accident in Italy.

The Austrian overseas ministry confirmed the information to the dpa information company.

Baumgartner shot to worldwide fame off the again of a stunt sponsored by Crimson Bull by which he climbed to the stratosphere, 24 miles above the Earth’s floor, in a large helium balloon.

He grew to become the primary ever particular person to interrupt the sound barrier in freefall, falling at 843mph, and the occasion was live-streamed by eight million individuals on YouTube.

He shattered eight Guinness World Information, together with largest balloon with a human on board, the best altitude attain untethered outdoors a car and probably the most concurrent views for a stay occasion on YouTube.

Native media studies that Baumgartner was paragliding in Porto Sant’Elpidio, Italy when he misplaced management whereas paragliding on account of a sudden onset of sickness and crashed right into a lodge swimming pool on the Le Mimose vacation village.

A lodge worker was struck and brought to hospital with neck accidents.

Sky Sport Australia reports his long-time companion was within the space with him and knowledgeable of his demise.

Apart from his leap from area, Baumgartner additionally base jumped from iconic landmarks such because the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.