BYRON (CBS SF) -- A man killed in a skydiving accident at the Byron Airport in Contra Costa County on Saturday was an experienced jumper who had a lapse in judgment, a skydiving teacher said Tuesday.

Reporting from Perris -- The competition was high-performance and high-risk, and Sean Carey and his 16 fellow skydivers knew it. They were equipped with special parachutes that allowed a faster and ...

A champion skydiver from Australia reportedly died in Texas while testing a high-risk method for the sport called ‘swooping.’ 29-year-old Melissa Porter, of Perth, was an instructor at Skydive ...

An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing a “swooping maneuver” during a jump in Florida, police said. Getty Images/iStock photo An experienced solo skydiver was killed after performing ...

Click on the image to enlarge. To view other graphics visit our Graphics Blog or our Graphics board on Pinterest. A Quebec City policeman has become the latest experienced Canadian skydiver to die ...

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - The Boulder County coroner's office is investigating the death of a skydiver who hit the ground while practicing swooping maneuvers in Longmont. The coroner said Monday that ...

DeLAND — When the thrill of jumping out of an airplane wears off, sky divers turn to swooping. Widely considered the most dangerous form of skydiving, swoopers parachute from a plane, come within a ...

A 29-year-old champion skydiver from Australia was killed in Texas while testing a high-risk method for the sport called “swooping.” Melissa Porter, of Perth, an instructor at Skydive Spaceland ...