{"id":676278,"date":"2026-07-06T07:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676278\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:42:07","slug":"centre-devastated-by-death-of-experienced-skydiver-in-nottinghamshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676278\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre ‘devastated’ by death of experienced skydiver in Nottinghamshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officials at a skydiving centre have said they are “devastated” after an experienced skydiver died in an incident near an airfield in Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene near Langar Airfield<\/a> at 12:13 BST on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A woman, 22, was found in a nearby field and pronounced dead at the scene, Nottinghamshire Police said.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Skydive Langar said: “Our immediate thoughts, deepest condolences and full support are with the skydiver’s family, friends and everyone within our close-knit community who has been affected at this incredibly difficult time.”<\/p>\n

The centre added it was working with all relevant authorities and asked for “respect and privacy” for the family, staff and the wider skydiving community.<\/p>\n

“The entire team at Skydive Langar is devastated by this tragic loss,” the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

Her family have been informed and will be supported by officers. No other people were hurt in the incident and a file will now be prepared for the coroner, police said.<\/p>\n

Det Insp Rachel Mayfield said: “This was a tragic incident, and we are working with partners to understand what happened.<\/p>\n

“As our investigations continue at the scene, our thoughts are with the woman’s family and everyone else who has been affected by this incident.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials at a skydiving centre have said they are “devastated” after an experienced skydiver died in an incident…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-676278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}