Austrian extreme athlete Felix Bomgunner, who jumped on Earth from Stratosphere in 2012 stunts, died on Thursday in a paragliding accident in Eastern Italian city of Porto Sant’lpidio.
According to local media, a 56 -year -old man lost consciousness while in flight and then lost control of his paraglider, crashed into a hotel pool pool and lightly injured a young female employee.
Just a few hours ago, he posted an image in his Instagram story: “Very much air.”
“Our community is deeply influenced by the tragic disappearance of Felix Bomgarter, a social media post, Masimiliano Siyarpela, Mayor of Porto Sant’lpidio, a figure of global prominence, a symbol of courage and passion for extreme flight.”
Energy drink company Red Bull, which sponsored several exploits of Bomurgarter, confirmed his death to Austrian public broadcaster ORF, while the Austrian Foreign Ministry confirmed the report to Germany’s DPA news agency.
Felix bomgarter jumps from space
Born in Salzburg, the Bomgarter made headlines as a spectacular base-jumper for many years, which jumps from the search of iconic structures in the form of a statue of Christ in Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Christ’s statue at Rio de Janeiro.
Baumgartner shot for global fame in October 2012 when he jumped from a helium balloon about 39 kl (24 mi) from Earth , The most manned balloon fly and the highest at that time freefall.
He broke the sound barrier and reached a maximum speed of 1.342.8 km/h (834 mph).
Bamgarter, who had a tattoo on the right hand reading “Born to Fly”, regularly posted videos of his paragliding flights on social media.
He once faced passion for adventure work with words: “I belong to the air, I was born to the thesis feelings.”
Controversial political views
In recent years, he made a different types of headlines with controversial political statements, criticized the German and Austrian migration policies and stated that “liberal dictatorship” would be better for a democracy, in which “you cannot do anything.”
In 2016, he recommended Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban for the Nobel Peace Prize and supported a right -wing populist candidate for Austria’s President.
Edited by: Keran Burke
