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Italian Skydiver Sandro Bigozzi Dies in 1,500m Fall Near Rome as Probe Centers on Parachute Timing

Authorities are evaluating delayed parachute deployment versus a sudden medical event pending autopsy results.

Overview

  • Bigozzi, 49, a widely followed instructor with nearly 6,000 jumps, crashed minutes after a Saturday jump from Monte Compatri on Rome’s outskirts.
  • Police, firefighters and paramedics reached the crash site in dense vegetation but were unable to save him.
  • Investigators have seized his parachuting equipment and interviewed witnesses to reconstruct the final descent.
  • Lines of inquiry include a late main deployment and an ineffective or too-late reserve, though some reports contend both canopies opened.
  • An autopsy is expected in the coming days, and video he posted of a successful dive two hours earlier may help establish the timeline; he leaves a wife and two children.