Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in ...

(DEK) The legendary Austrian skydiver who shattered the sound barrier and redefined the boundaries of human flight has died in a paragliding accident at 56. Felix Baumgartner didn't just fall from the ...

Beachgoers knew something was wrong when they heard a loud boom ring out as a paraglider spun out of control, killing its ...

Felix Baumgartner made global headlines in 2012 when he jumped from the stratosphere and parachuted down to a landing in New ...

The Austrian daredevil, 56, set records when he broke the sound barrier in a jump in 2012. He died in Porto Sant’Elpidio, ...

The famous adventurer died while paragliding on Italy’s Adriatic coast. His legacy includes a number of world ...

Felix Baumgartner, the first person to fall faster than the speed of sound, died at 56 after crashing into a hotel swimming ...

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme adventurer who hurtled to earth from more than 24 miles high in 2012 and became the ...

Baumgartner is most well-known for breaking the sound barrier with his body during a freefall from the stratosphere in 2012.

Skydiver and world record breaker Felix Baumgartner died after a tragic accident on July 17, 2025, in Italy — but not from ...