Why I don’t jump out of planes. And this woman was a veteran of many jumps.

Skydiver Dies During Daring Record Attempt

An attempt to break a group skydiving record has ended in tragedy when a jumper’s parachute failed to open properly.

news.sky.com

“Diana Paris’s body was found between a half-mile and mile from the drop zone in the Arizona desert. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The 46-year-old, from Berlin, had completed 1,500 jumps in her skydiving career, her husband said.

“Skydive Arizona blamed the accident on a malfunctioning parachute that was released too low to the ground to allow a reserve parachute to fully open.” More