Overview

• Attorney General Raffaele Iannella said Baumgartner’s lower back was fractured and his spinal cord damaged on impact, indicating he died instantly.
• Investigators are examining whether a camera dislodged from the paraglider struck the propeller and caused the mechanical failure.
• Italy’s public prosecutor’s office has set a 40–45 day timeline to complete the formal inquiry into the crash.
• Forensic medical examiners at Fermo hospital are integrating autopsy findings with probes into a reported mid-air health event that may have affected Baumgartner.
• His partner, Miha Schwartzenberg, released video of his final takeoff as a tribute and to share his last moments in flight.