Tragic last post of smiling Brit base jumper before falling to his death
A tragic final social media post shows a smiling British base jumper who plunged to his death from a 29-storey apartment block in Thailand when his parachute didn't open.
Tattooed daredevil Nathy Odinson went into a deadly tailspin with his small pilot chute flailing through the air. The 33-year-old and a friend had waited in the car park of the building in the coastal resort of Pattaya before illegally trespassing onto the roof on Saturday night local time.
Nathy, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, struck a tree before hitting the ground with a sickening thud. He was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics who rushed to a condo building in Tambon Na Klua in Bang Lamung district of Chonburi province.
His body was found under a round blue parachute that was not fully deployed. 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 a person. They were dead. I saw that they had jumped from the building."
Nathy Odinson prepares to leap from the tower block (ViralPress)
Nathy said 'see ya' before jumping into the air (ViralPress)In a video from the tragic incident, which the Mirror has decided not to publish, Nathy asks the person recording if his helmet camera has the red light flashing to indicate it is recording. When he realises it is not recording, Nathy removes his helmet and presses the button before briefly checking his parachute.
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His friend, a Thai local, exclaims "oh f***" when he hears Nathy hit the ground. Staff at the Lumpini Ville Naklua condo checked CCTV and saw that Nathy and a pal had parked outside and then waited before sneaking into the building. Nathy clambered over a small concrete wall on the roof of the building to reach the edge.
Security guard Mr Chansong said Nathy had jumped from the building multiple times previously. He added: "They were making video content for social media. They had done this before and they knew it was not allowed."
Police and paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after 7.30pm local time. Police Lieutenant Kamolporn Nadee, Deputy Inspector of Investigations at the Bang Lamung district police station, said: "The parachute that the deceased used to jump malfunctioned and was not centred as expected. He was in a terrible state when we arrived.
"The friend who recorded the video of him jumping was questioned and the video was examined as evidence. Forensics officers are investigating the case further. They are examining the parachute." Nathy had performed skydives and base jumps around the world, and ran a 'sky photography' company taking customers on private skydives. Police have informed the British Embassy in Bangkok, which is contacting Nathy's relatives in the UK.
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