An experienced skydiver has died after crash-landing at Latrobe Regional Airport in Morwell.
Police say the man got into difficulty during the jump and crash-landed near Airfield Road near Morwell on Saturday afternoon.
Commando Skydiving Club board member David Richardson said the man had been jumping from 12,000 feet with a number of other divers. “He’s just an all-round good bloke,” Richardson said. The club extended its condolences to the man’s friends and family.Richardson said the club had experienced skydiving deaths in its 60-year history, but Saturday’s incident was the first in more than a decade.
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