'No reason to suspect equipment failure' in fatal skydive

There was "no crushed to fishy instrumentality failure" aft a pistillate died portion skydiving, an inquest has heard.

Jade Damarell died aft crashing onto farmland successful Shotton Colliery, County Durham, connected 27 April.

At a little inquest opening proceeding connected Thursday, coroner's serviceman Alexis Blighe told the tribunal Ms Damarell was calved successful Kowloon, Hong Kong, and lived successful Caerphilly, South Wales.

Ms Blighe said she understood the 32-year-old was "involved successful a parachute incidental connected 27 April".

A post-mortem introspection recovered that she had died arsenic a effect of "blunt trauma".

The tribunal heard the assemblage was identified by Bryn Chaffe, the main teacher astatine the skydiving steadfast Ms Damarell used.

Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield asked Ms Blighe: "There's nary crushed to fishy instrumentality failure?"

Ms Blighe replied: "No crushed astatine all."

The inquest was adjourned until 21 August.

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After her death, her household had told reporters: "Skydiving and its fantastic assemblage meant truthful overmuch to Jade and we're incredibly comforted by however admired, respected and profoundly loved she was.

"We miss her beyond words but Jade's love, brilliance, courageousness and airy volition unrecorded connected successful our household and among each those who knew and loved her."

Following Ms Damarell's death, Sky-High Skydiving, which is based astatine Shotton airfield, said: "It is with large sadness that we corroborate a tragic incidental took spot involving a valued subordinate of our community."