A thrill-seeker using a wingsuit.
A skydiver using a wingsuit.
  • An experienced skydiver was decapitated by the wing of a plane seconds after he jumped.
  • The French pilot has been found guilty of manslaughter and operating an aircraft without a valid license.
  • The president of a French court said there had been a lack of communication between the victim and the pilot.

A French pilot who decapitated a wingsuit flyer with the wing of his plane has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

Nicholas Galy, 40, an experienced skydiver and aeronautical engineer, was struck by the plane's wing seconds after he jumped over the French countryside in July 2018.