Legendary skydiver Felix Baumgartner, Best Known For Free Fall From Space, Dies In Paragliding Accident

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver champion known for his record-setting dive from space, died successful a paragliding mishap successful Italy Thursday, according to Italian officials. He was 56. 

Baumgartner was reportedly flying a motorized paraglider successful nan coastal municipality of Porto Sant'Elpidio successful nan Marche region of Italy, wherever he was said to person collapsed into a edifice pool. 

Felix Baumgartner of Austria prepares to exit nan capsule earlier his jump astatine nan first parented trial formation for Red Bull Stratos successful Roswell, N.M., March 15, 2012. (balazsgardi.com/Red Bull Content Pool)

According to Sky Austria, he fell sick abruptly earlier nan crash. A edifice worker was besides taken to a infirmary aft sustaining injuries successful nan accident, nan study stated. 

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Baumgartner’s reps. 

In a connection to Fox News Digital, a typical for RedBull said, "We are shocked and overwhelmed pinch sadness to perceive nan devastating news of our longtime friend Felix Baumgartner.

"Felix was ‘born to fly’ and was wished to push nan limits. He was besides smart, professional, thorough and meticulous, ne'er leaving thing to chance. He was generous, giving overmuch of his clip to thief and inspiring so galore people.
 
"We retrieve Felix arsenic a beautiful person, devoted to his family and friends, to whom we nonstop our heartfelt sympathy. Felix, you will beryllium profoundly missed."

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner talks during a news convention astatine nan Windsor Atlantic Hotel during nan 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards March 9, 2013, successful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   (Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Laureus)

The politician of nan town, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed nan section reports successful a station connected Facebook. 

"Our organization is profoundly affected by nan tragic passing of Felix Baumgartner, a fig of world significance, a awesome of courageousness and passion for utmost flight. He was flying correct complete our metropolis erstwhile a abrupt unwellness coming took him from us," Ciarpella's station said, according to a translation.

"Porto Sant’Elpidio stands successful solidarity pinch his family and loved ones successful this clip of sorrow. On behalf of nan municipal management and each citizens, I definitive our astir heartfelt condolences for this immeasurable loss."

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Baumgartner had posted respective videos to Instagram stories of himself paragliding successful Italy successful nan week starring up to his death. In an eerie last station shared Thursday, he snapped a photograph of a windsock pinch nan caption "too overmuch wind." 

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner gets group to leap from his capsule astatine an altitude of astir 71,500 feet March 15, 2012. (Jay Nemeth/Red Bull Content Pool)

Born April 20, 1969, successful Salzburg, Austria, Baumgartner established himself arsenic a skilled and fearless skydiver, guidelines jumper, daredevil and overmuch more. On Oct. 14, 2012, he did what nary 1 other had ever attempted. 

He fell from space. 

Baumgartner group 3 world records, including nan highest free autumn and highest crewed balloon flight. And he became nan first personification to recreation faster than nan velocity of sound during a free autumn erstwhile he took a elephantine helium balloon complete New Mexico and jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet. 

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He reached speeds of 843.6 mph, aliases nan balanced of Mach 1.25, 1.25 times nan velocity of sound, The Associated Press reported astatine nan time. He was rather virtually supersonic. 

A record photograph taken during a believe formation July 30, 2003, shows Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner during free autumn crossed nan English Channel betwixt Dover and Calais.  (Reuters/Ulrich GrillASA/WS/File Photo )

According to Baumgartner’s bio connected RedBull’s website, he collapsed 14 world records, including nan lowest guidelines jump, which he accomplished successful 2011 erstwhile he leaped from nan manus of nan Christ nan Redeemer statue successful Brazil. 

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