Vercelli – A 35-year-old man died during a skydive in Vercelli on Sunday, 8 November. The accident occurred at the airfield on Via Lamporo. The emergency call came in at around 14.30. Paramedics, firefighters and police responded. The man died at the scene.
The circumstances of the accident remain unclear
The skydiver took off aboard a Pilatus Porter, an aircraft used by the local skydiving school. Initial findings suggest that his parachute may have opened only partially during the descent. Whether that caused the crash remains unclear. No confirmed information was initially available about the use of a reserve parachute.
