British wingsuit flier dies in Swiss Alps: police
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A British man flying in a wingsuit was killed Wednesday after plunging into a mountain ridge in the Swiss Alps, police said.
The 42-year-old hit the ridge near Trient in Switzerland's rugged Valais region after having jumped from a helicopter at an altitude of some 3,300 metres (10,827 feet) along with another man.
Valais police did not name the victim, pending formal DNA identification.
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Wingsuiters wear special jumpsuits that add surface area to the human body, enabling them to glide like a bird, before opening a parachute like a regular skydiver.
The two men had flown close to the mountainside, and planned to land near the village of Le Peuty.
Police said they were part of a group of some two dozen highly-experienced practitioners of the sport who had gathered in the resort of Chamonix in neighbouring France.
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The group had been invited to the area by an extreme sports company which produces films of its events for broadcast on the Internet.