Tourist plunges to death in horror skydiving accident while on holiday of a lifetime

Terrifying footage shows 38-year-old Paulina Biskup hurtling done the aerial successful her parachute earlier she died successful a skydiving mishap successful Roldanillo, adjacent Bogota, Colombia

A tourer has plunged to her decease successful a fearfulness skydiving accident portion celebrating the travel of a lifetime.

Paulina Biskup took to skies successful a parachute for what should person been an unforgettable acquisition - but rapidly ran into difficulties, sending her hurtling towards the ground. The Polish national, who lived and studied successful Dublin, Ireland, could beryllium seen swinging wildly done the aerial arsenic horrified witnesses looked on.

As her parachute neared the ground, she slipped from her harness and plunged respective feet done the air. In video footage from the scene, large shrieks tin beryllium heard arsenic her parachute collapses successful connected itself, sending her into the gangly writer below. The fearfulness unfolded connected Tuesday astatine the Aguapanela paragliding tract successful Roldanillo, westbound of Bogota, Colombia.

Paulina, 38, ran into problems conscionable minutes aft taking off. It’s believed she died from the hard interaction with the ground. Rescue teams rushed to the country but were incapable to revive her, according to section media. The Polish tourer had gone to leap with her spouse and a radical of friends.

A paragliding lawsuit was taking spot successful the country astatine the time, but they were not taking part. Roldanillo is known arsenic Colombia’s “paragliding capital” owed to its perfect conditions for the sport, and the Aguapanela motorboat tract is fashionable for its breathtaking views and favourable aerial currents.

Paulina lived successful the Irish superior and graduated from Trinity College Dublin successful 2010, according to societal media. An unnamed section authoritative told section media: “It seems she didn’t fasten her harness properly, which caused her to fall.” Authorities successful Roldanillo said an probe into the mishap is underway.

Last year, an American antheral who survived falling retired of a level aft her parachute failed described the ordeal successful chilling detail. Jordan Hatmaker, from Virginia Beach, went up for 1 past leap of the time - but her parachute didn't unfastened correctly, causing her to rotation retired of power and deed the crushed astatine implicit 60mph.

He told the Mirror: "Everything was good during freefall, but past I pulled my chute. The aviator chute wrapped astir my close limb a fewer times. I tried desperately to get it off. Time slowed down for maine but I was falling truthful fast. I thought I had a batch much clip than I did. I was trying to get it disconnected my leg, and past I tried to get my footwear disconnected but I had treble knotted my shoelaces due to the fact that successful a erstwhile leap 1 of my shoes fell off. (The teacher really caught it successful the air.)

"At 750ft the automatic activation instrumentality fired, which is similar a reserve parachute which opens erstwhile you get to a definite altitude without deploying the main parachute. My reserve parachute came retired which jolted capable to marque my main parachute travel out. But the 2 canopies were flying adjacent to each other, dragging distant from each different and started maine spinning into the ground. This was 200ft supra the ground. It happened truthful fast. I was wholly retired of control. I conscionable retrieve reasoning that the crushed was coming up truly really fast. And I retrieve thinking: 'This is going to hurt.'"