Felix Baumgartner, a legendary skydiver most known for his 2012 stratosphere jump, has died at 56 in a tragic paragliding accident. Getty Images He reportedly died instantly during the freak ...

Montéglin, France, @flyhellodidi shared a video of a paraglider from a competition flight. Mid-air turbulence forced the pilot to deploy a reserve parachute, drifting down into a wooded area. Despite ...

Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian base jumper and skydiver renowned for his record-breaking jump from the stratosphere, died while paragliding in Italy on Thursday, local media reported.

Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil who made a record-breaking parachute jump from the stratosphere in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding accident in Italy, a local mayor confirmed.

Baumgartner lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy's central Marche region, and fell to the ground near the swimming pool of a hotel. The reasons ...