Expert Appointed After Baumgartner Death

Marco Rech, president of the Italian Association of Flight Schools and Flight Instructors and a leading figure in the field of free flying in Europe, has been commissioned to provide an expert report on the motor paraglider with which extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner fatally crashed last week in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy. The appointment was made by the prosecutor of Fermo, Raffaele Iannella, who has initiated an investigation into Baumgartner's death.

Rech will begin the assessment next week and has 60 days to submit a report to the prosecutor's office. The investigation aims to determine whether the motor of the paraglider and its safety devices were functioning properly and whether the sudden and rapid crash was due to human error.

The 56-year-old Baumgartner died last week when he crashed with his aircraft at a resort in Porto Sant'Elpidio in the central Italian Adriatic region of Marche. Investigators are currently not ruling out any hypothesis - including the possibility of discomfort during the flight. However, the autopsy ruled out a heart attack as the cause of death.

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