Overview

• An expert report concludes Baumgartner entered a rapid spiral and failed to use the prescribed right steering-line technique to recover.
• Investigators say the reserve parachute deployed only moments before impact, leaving no time to arrest the descent.
• Technical analysis found no defects in the motorized paraglider, setting aside early theories of equipment failure or camera entanglement.
• The autopsy had already ruled out a heart attack and determined he died on impact from severe spinal injuries.
• Prosecutors applied to close the case and provided the technical report to Baumgartner’s family and legal representatives.