Mark had been jumping in the Brento area for about a week, he was current and flying well. After the early morning Brento load we went with 2 other jumpers to the Paganella cave exit. We stopped at the refuge on top for coffee on route, he was in good spirits, excited to jump a new exit. We arrived at the gear up area and there was no visibility due to cloud. Winds were light at the exit and landing area. We got dressed slowly and descended to the exit, after a short wait the clouds opened, and the 1st jumper went. Mark had asked to watch someone else fly first. Once the first jumper had landed Mark moved into position. His initial exit push looked normal but shortly afterwards he turned slightly to the left, he turned back to the right and ended up over correcting and then turning back to the left and then to the right once more. During these corrections he was very "flat" and the suit was most likely stalling as he had almost no forward movement. After around 7 seconds the suit finally made some forward movement but he was already very low and impacted the terrain with nothing out 10 seconds after exit. We can only speculate as to Mark's thought process, there was sufficient time for an emergency pull but perhaps he still felt he could out fly the terrain. My condolences to Mark's family and friends. He was well liked within the community, easily spotted on the exit with his famous red mohawk helmet.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/.../brit-base-jumper-falls-400m...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../British-base-jumper-65...
https://www.news.com.au/.../677b2208406eec0fd1a6a08d702f60e5
https://www.lbc.co.uk/.../base-jumper-mark-andrews.../...