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.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONGMONT, Colo.—Jumping out of an airplane at 5,000 feet, weighted down and navigating toward a piece of land marked by flags, is an exhilarating experience ...

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 ...

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 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 ...