He lost his life in a parachute accident in the Italian Alps of Andrian, the legendary paratrooper, Felix Baumgartner.

The 56 -year -old lost control of the motor parachute while flying over Porto Sant’elpidio in the central area of Marche, Italy and ended up on the ground, near a hotel pool and was killed instantly.

Mayor of Porto Sant’elpidio said he probably presented some health problem while in the air, although investigations are ongoing.

Austrian, who was known as’fearless“, It became front page all over the world in October 2012 when – wearing a specially constructed outfit – jumped out of one balloon 38 kilometers above Earthand became the first paratrooper to break the of the barrier soundwhich is usually measured at a speed of over 1,110 kilometers/hour.

After his historical achievement he said that traveling faster than sound is “Difficult to describe because you don’t feel it”. “Sometimes we have to get too high to see how little we are”he stressed.

Had also made a Historical jump over Roswell of New Mexicoreaching a top speed of more than 1,343 kilometers per hour, on the 65th anniversary of the legendary American pilot Chuck Quigger who broke the audio barrier on October 14, 1947.

“When I was standing on top of the world I felt so humble”had said after landing in the eastern desert of New Mexico. “You no longer think about breaking a record, you don’t think about winning scientific data. The only thing you want is to come back alive‘, noted.

Baumgartner, was paratrooper and made Thousands of bold jumps from airplanes; bridges; skyscrapers And famous sights around the world, including the statue of Christ in Brazil.

The self -styled ‘heaven god»Starting to make a parachute slope as a teenagerbefore dealing with Base Jumping’s extreme sport.

In recent years, he had appeared with Flying Bulls as a pilot of acrobat helicopters in Performances all over Europe.