Skydiving accident claims life of 49-year-old man at facility with previous fatalities

A 49-year-old man has died in a skydiving accident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome in Devon, where emergency services arrived shortly before 1pm on Saturday. The man’s family has been notified, and police are conducting an investigation into the incident. This tragedy follows another fatal accident at the same location in June 2025, when two individuals died during a tandem jump due to parachute failure.

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