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Swiss freeride snowboarder, base jumper and wingsuit pilot Geraldine Fasnacht jumps from SolarStratos, a solar-powered aircraft prototype flown by Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan, to make the first wingsuit jump from an electric and solar aircraft over the Alpine resort of Verbier in Switzerland perform, Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Swiss freeride snowboarder, base jumper and wingsuit pilot Geraldine Fasnacht jumps from SolarStratos, a solar-powered aircraft prototype flown by Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan, to make the first wingsuit jump from an electric and solar aircraft over the Alpine resort of Verbier in Switzerland perform, Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Keystone/Valentin Flauraud

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May 19, 2024 – 1:05 p.m

A 36-year-old Ticino man died in a wingsuit jump on Saturday in Val Malvaglia in the north of the canton of Ticino.

The accident, which occurred shortly before noon, was confirmed to the Keystone-ATS press agency by a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.

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The Federal Prosecutor’s Office, contacted on Sunday, did not provide any further information “on the cause and how the accident occurred”. It said it had initiated proceedings “under Article 98 of the Federal Aviation Act.”

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According to media, the victim was a 36-year-old man from the Bellinzona area. It is believed that the jump was made from a helicopter.

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