Overview

• Felix Baumgartner’s motorized paraglider crashed into a hotel pool near Porto Sant’Elpidio on July 17, and he was declared dead on impact
• Italian authorities have opened separate inquiries into possible causes, including a sudden medical emergency, pilot error and equipment malfunction
• The public prosecutor’s office in Fermo has provisionally suggested that a camera on the paraglider may have become entangled in the propeller, causing the canopy to collapse
• Officials are awaiting autopsy findings and expert technical reports before reaching a definitive conclusion on what led to the fatal accident
• Red Bull confirmed Baumgartner’s death and honored his professionalism, and only minor injuries were reported among hotel staff and bystanders