Overview
- Jade Damarell, 32, a seasoned skydiver with over 400 jumps, died on April 27 during a skydive in Shotton Colliery, County Durham.
- Police have ruled her death non-suspicious, citing a note and evidence suggesting she intentionally did not deploy her parachute.
- Sky-High Skydiving and British Skydiving have supported the conclusion that the death was a deliberate act, as shared in official statements.
- Damarell, who had recently separated from her husband, was living in skydiving club lodgings with a new partner before her death.
- This marks the third fatality at the Shotton airfield in the past decade, prompting community tributes, including a memorial tree at Wreford's Farm.