Prime Highlights
- Stuntman Felix Baumgartner, 56, has passed away following his motorised paraglider crashing into a hotel pool at the Italian seaside resort of Porto Sant’Elpidio.
- It is thought he was struck by a mid-air medical condition.
Key Facts
- Baumgartner was the first human ever on Earth to break the sound barrier in free fall after leaping off a balloon at the edge of space during his record-breaking 2012 Red Bull Stratos jump.
- One hotel staff member received a minor injury from the mishap.
Key Background
The world’s best thrill sports champion, Felix Baumgartner, passed away on July 17, 2025, during a motored paragliding excursion over Italian sea resort Porto Sant’Elpidio. Baumgartner fell ill while flying and lost control of his aircraft and crashed into a swimming pool facility of an adjacent hotel. One of the females among the employees of the hotel suffered minor injuries in the accident.
Baumgartner came a global miracle upon shattering the Red Bull Stratos jump record in October 2012. To break this world record jump, he boarded a helium balloon and mounted the height of roughly 39 kilometers above the ground position before falling back to the Earth safely, getting the first- ever man to break the sound hedge without the use of any form of aircraft backing. He achieved the speed of over 1,340 km/ h( Mach 1.25), and he has gained multitudinous world records for the loftiest free- fall height, the longest free- fall range, and the top speed free- falling.
previous to this inconceivable feat, Baumgartner was formerly a sensation in his native country of Austria due to his suicidal BASE jumping and upstanding numbers. He jumped off iconic milestones like Malaysia’s Petronas Towers and Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue. Baumgartner infamously sect- suited across the English Channel in 2003, showing the world what he could do with his unmatched experience and devil sense of adventure sports.
Indeed after he quit performing high- profile numbers, Baumgartner noway lost his love for flying and being a sport airman. His death has inspired the world’s admiration, as suckers glorify him as a genuine colonist who pushed boundaries of what mortal beings could do. Red Bull, guarantor of his 2012 jump, called him a advised professional whose courage inspired millions.
Baumgartner’s record-breaker adventurer and innovation awards will always inspire future generations of daredevils.
