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British base jumper's parachute fails to open after jumping off tower block - Thailand
Uploaded On:Monday 29th of January 2024

This is the tragic last post of a British base jumper - showing him gliding through the air in a photo put out on the same day that he plunged to his death from a Thailand tower block.

Nathy Odinson, 33, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, illegally climbed to the top of the 29th floor in an apartment building in the coastal resort of Pattaya on Saturday night before unwittingly leaping to his death.

Horrifying footage shows the self-professed 'adrenaline junkie' counting down 'three, two, one, see ya' before leaping into the night sky - only to go into a terrifying death spiral with the small parachute flailing through the air.

In a final image posted on the tattooed daredevil's Instagram yesterday Mr Odinson can be seen angled forwards with his arms pointed out behind him as he whips through the air in a green helmet.

Wearing vans for the audacious stunt, he skims a dusty floor as he is suspended beneath a green parachute.

In a final image posted on the tattooed daredevil's Instagram yesterday Mr Odinson can be seen angled forwards with his arms pointed out behind him as he whips through the air in a green helmet

Nathy Odinson, 33, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, climbed to the 29th floor in an apartment block in the coastal resort of Pattaya, on Saturday night before falling to his death

Horrifying footage shows the tattooed daredevil counting down 'three, two, one, see ya' before leaping into the night sky.

Tourist police in Pattaya were alerted to the accident at 7.30pm and rushed to the condo building to find Odinson’s body on the ground.

He captioned the post with a run of hashtags - including 'extremesports', 'adrenaline junkie', 'skydiveuk', 'chinesetiktok' and 'thaiskyadventures'.

The same picture, which was also posted on Facebook yesterday, has been flooded by followers sending their tributes - as dozens posted 'RIP' underneath.

Cornish photographer Jordan Colwill said: 'Love you forever brother, will miss you so f*****g much. Can't believe it.'

In the shocking video Mr Odinson can then be heard landing in a tree before hitting the ground with a sickening thud. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Tourist police in Pattaya were alerted to the accident at 7.30pm and rushed to the condo building in Tambon Na Klua in Bang Lamung district of Chonburi province and found Odinson’s body on the ground.

A round blue parachute was found on his body and was not fully deployed.

Traumatised security guard Kanet Chansong, 33, said: 'I heard the sound of the tree and I thought it was a fallen branch hitting the ground.

'A woman screamed so I walked over and realised it was person. They were dead. I saw that they had jumped from the building.'

In the video, Mr Odinson asks the person recording him from the other side of a security wall if his helmet camera has the red light flashing to indicate it is recording. When he realises it was not recording, Nathy removes his helmet and presses the button before briefly checking his parachute.


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