Skydiving instructor dies following jump west of Edmonton

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 12, 2025 8:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

An probe continues aft a skydiver died in a play mishap westbound of Edmonton.

RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said constabulary were called to a township roadworthy adjacent Onoway, Alta., connected Saturday morning, wherever a 56-year-old antheral from Edmonton suffered fatal injuries pursuing a leap from a plane.

He said the antheral was a skydiving instructor.

Onoway is astir 60 kilometres westbound of Edmonton.

Skydive West Edmonton, a skydiving facility adjacent Westlock, said successful a connection that an experienced skydiver succumbed to his injuries arsenic a effect of "a high-speed malfunction" connected Saturday morning.

A 'beloved' instructor

"The skydiver had implicit 3,000 skydives and was a beloved subordinate of the Skydive West Edmonton family. His nonaccomplishment volition beryllium felt passim the Canadian skydive assemblage and beyond," institution officials said successful the statement. 

Savinkoff said the decease appears to person been an mishap and does not look suspicious, but helium said RCMP, workplace information officials and the Chief Medical Examiner's Office proceed to investigate.

He said others were skydiving astatine the aforesaid clip but nary different injuries were reported.

The company's connection said it would not supply further details connected the incidental pending the investigation.

"Out of respect for those progressive and their families, nary further details volition beryllium released astatine this time."