Wingsuit's Scottish Flyer dies during Swiss Alps Jump

The Scottish wing fly was died during a jump in the Swiss Alps.

British champion Liam Berne, 24 -year -old, was critically wounded on Gitchen Mountain on Saturday after taking off from 7,874 feet (2400 m).

D -n byrne, from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, included in a recent BBC documentary called The boy who can flyS

It was described as a very experienced wings flyer – which is a type of parachuting that includes wearing a special strip suit to allow an elevator in the middle of the air – and had finished thousands of jumps during his career.

The Wingsuit flyer had told the documentary: “I think I was about 13 when I told my father that I wanted to learn to fly like a bird.”

He added: “Even at school, I would have stared the window in the seagulls that fly, and always feeling this sense of envy that they had this freedom to just pour and fly.

“I wonder why I like to fly so much? Maybe my brain is connected differently to other people, maybe I deal with fear differently.

“But I know myself well enough to know that working in the office scares me much more than fear of dying from a base jump or wings flight.”

His parents Mike and Jillian confirmed to the BBC Scotland News that their son has died.

“We would like to remember Liam not only because of the way he left this world, but also how he lived in it,” said a family statement.

“Liam was fearless, not necessarily, because he was not afraid, but because he refused to leave fear to hold him. He pursued life in a way that most of us dream of, and he was rising.

“Sky for parachuting and basic jumping were more than a thrill for Liam – it was freedom. It was where he felt the most life.”

The statement added: “Liam was more than an adventurer. He was a son, brother, grandson, cousin and friend. He was a source of laughter and power.

“He inspired all of us and made life better with his brave spirit and a sweet heart. We will miss the wild energy of Liam and the contagious laugh.

“Although he has now flew beyond our reach, he will always be with us.”

The Foreign, Community and Development Service (FCDO) has confirmed that it supports the family of a British man who died in Switzerland.