{"id":678534,"date":"2026-07-07T13:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678534\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:13:09","slug":"british-skydiving-investigation-begins-into-death-of-experienced-skydiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678534\/","title":{"rendered":"British Skydiving investigation begins into death of experienced skydiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

A national governing body has begun an investigation into the death of an experienced skydiver near an airfield in Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n

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

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

British Skydiving – which regulates the activity on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – said its board of inquiry would be convened to “investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident”. <\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson said their thoughts were with the skydiver’s “friends and family, the team at Skydive Langar and all those affected at this difficult time”.<\/p>\n

“We recognise that incidents such as this can have a profound impact on those involved, those who witnessed the event, and the wider skydiving community,” they said. <\/p>\n

“Once completed, a full report will be submitted to the coroner, the police, the CAA, the British Skydiving Safety & Training Committee (STC), and any other relevant authorities.<\/p>\n

“The report will include the board’s conclusions and any recommendations, where appropriate.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, a spokesperson for Skydive Langar said<\/a> 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

“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

Nottinghamshire Police, which is also investigating the incident, said no-one else was hurt and that a file would be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A national governing body has begun an investigation into the death of an experienced skydiver near an airfield…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678534","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\/678534","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=678534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}