Skydiver dies in horror Easter Monday jump after 'parachute failed to open'

Skydiver dies in horror Easter Monday jump after 'parachute failed to open'One eyewitness who was scheduled to jump next described seeing 'what looked like a person falling' as a parachute failed to open during a skydive at at Headcorn Aerodrome, in Ashford, KentNewsBenedict Tetzlaff-Deas News Reporter11:46, 07 Apr 2026Updated 11:53, 07 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesThe incident unfolded at Headcorn Aerodrome, in Ashford, Kent(Image: Submitted/Cover Images)A skydiver has tragically died after their parachute 'failed to open' when jumping from a plane on Easter Monday.‌The horror incident unfolded at Headcorn Aerodrome, in Ashford, Kent, yesterday morning, and was confirmed by skydive operators Go Skydive today. Eyewitness Lucy Barrett, 53, said she had been preparing for a charity jump when disaster struck at around 9.30am.‌She said that her and four other people in her group "saw what looked like a person falling" and that the "chute did not open".‌Lucy - who was supposed to be next to jump - said a search of the area then turned up only five of the six parachutes that "should have been there".READ MORE: Daredevil skydiver plunges to death while testing new parachuteREAD MORE: Mum who fell from two-storey balcony during £57k booze hell reveals final 'wake-up call'View 2 ImagesLocal reports said the parachute failed to open(Image: Louis Walker/Cover Images)She explained: “We were the next jump, and I was trying to get in the right headspace to jump. I did not believe that it had happened. I was trying to keep myself composed.‌“There was a woman who was really upset about it, and we were trying to calm her down. There was a search, and they only found five of the six parachutes that should have been there.“It was after that we were told there had been a fatality and that the jump would not be going ahead. We weren't told who had died, but what I gathered it was a man who had around 10 years of experien...