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Italo-Norwegian BASE jumper, died after crashing into a tree at an elevation of 1,500 m near Chamonix. [106] 26 August 2016 Armin Schmieder 28 Switzerland Italian BASE jumper, died after jumping from Kandersteg, in the Swiss Alps. [107] Schmieder live-streamed his fatal flight on Facebook. [108] 3 October 2016 Ratmir Nigimyanov 30 France
In October 2003, Corliss was teamed to jump with his best friend, Australian BASE jumper Dwain Weston, at the inaugural Go Fast Games. Corliss was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, while Weston was meant to pass over it. Instead, Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated speed of 120 mph (190 km/h) which caused his death.
Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuiter and software developer. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston died while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States.
A base jumper attempted to jump off a local news station's TV tower in St. Louis, Missouri, but got a little tangled up in the process. The man ended up hanging at least 125 feet in the air off ...
The man fell into a slope “more than 1,000 feet above the valley floor,” deputies said. BASE jumper plunges to his death in ‘rugged and hazardous’ valley, Utah officials say Skip to main ...
Lake Pontiac, Michigan (July 29, 1994) - two guys taping a fishing show catch a plane crashing into the water; Park City, Utah (December 10, 2004) - a skier is stuck on a ski lift, being choked by his helmet and backpack; San Francisco, California (September 8, 1984) - two base jumpers slam into the Golden Gate Bridge
A passing motorist notified New Hampshire State Police at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday they had witnessed a person climb over the bridge's metal railing and jump into the water.
17 May – Waxahachie, Texas – Flight Instructor Lieutenant William S. Farrish and Sergeant Jasper J. DeMaria, Jr. were killed when their military trainer, from the Army Flying School in Waco, Texas, went into a spin and crashed during an air show. [249] April 14 – Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.