Overview

• Coroner Margaret Taylor recorded Roberts’s death as accidental after concluding there were no unsafe factors in his June 2022 Monte Brento jump.
• Witness testimony and footage showed Roberts failed to achieve sufficient velocity to generate lift, leading to his collision with the mountainside.
• Roberts had completed over 1,000 skydives and base jumps and held the UK’s highest parachute instructor qualification, allowing him to lead tandem jumps.
• Family and fellow jumpers praised his meticulous preparation and safety focus, noting his role as a stunt rigger on a Mission Impossible film during the COVID-19 era.
• The inquest underscored the technical challenges of wingsuit flight, where even experts can face fatal risks if velocity and aerodynamic lift fall short.