Overview
- Emergency services attended a field near Skydive Langar on Sunday (July 5) and a 22-year-old woman who was an experienced skydiver was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Skydive Langar said its team is devastated, confirmed it is cooperating with police, and asked for privacy for the victim's family and the local skydiving community.
- Nottinghamshire Police opened an investigation and Detective Inspector Rachel Mayfield said officers are working with partners while asking anyone with information to call 101 quoting incident 306 of July 5, 2026.
- British Skydiving has convened a Board of Inquiry that will investigate the accident and submit its conclusions and any recommendations to the coroner, the police, the Civil Aviation Authority and the British Skydiving Safety & Training Committee.
- The coroner's processes and the Board's report will determine the official cause and timing of any safety changes, and the outcome could affect training or operating rules at Skydive Langar and other UK centres.