A San Diego man who died during a skydiving competition in Riverside County this weekend was a specialist at a risky maneuver called “swooping.” Sean Carey, 35, was performing the advanced maneuver in ...

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.

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 ...

A woman died while attempting a risky skydiving manoeuvre, it has emerged. Melissa Porter, a 29-year-old champion skydiver from Australia, died while testing a high-risk manoeuvre called "swooping" in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...