England: Following a breakup, she does not open her parachute

On April 27, Jade Damarell, 32, a very experienced paratrooper, jumps 4,600 meters in the county of Durham, in England. Her parachute does not open, she kills herself.

The conclusions of the investigation opened on this death are now known. It has been shown that the main parachute, which was deployed at 1500 meters, had no anomaly, reports the “Guardian”. The rescue system, which is automatically triggered at a certain altitude or a given speed, had been disabled.

Little risk that it is an error or clumsiness of the young woman. She had more than 500 jumps to her credit, including six the day before her death. Jade Damarell had, for once, took out the camera that she was still taking with her.

All these indices of a voluntary death were confirmed by his phone, since indications on how to unlock it were on the screen. Inside, messages for her family, to whom she apologized and thanked her for her support.

The reason for this desperate act: the previous night, she and her companion, met thanks to their common passion for parachuting, had broken. His family agreed to speak openly about his death, to encourage people in mental distress not to hesitate to talk about it, to ask for help, without fear of being judged.