AN RAF teacher recorded her own death after her parachute failed at 12,000 feet.
Sergeant Rachel Fisk, 32, videotaped her final moments after leaping out of a jet flying above RAF Weston-on-the-Green using a GoPro camera attached to her helmet.
Her canopy allegedly did not open.
According to the coroner, the experienced jumper was discovered lifeless on the ground in Simms Farm, Chesterton, Oxon.
The instructor was shooting a number of tandem jumps, which involve tethering an inexperienced jumper to an experienced parachutist.
Rachel was part of a team that ran a drill with catering employees from RAF Marham in Norfolk.
According to a study by the Defence Safety Authority Service, air turbulence prevented Rachel’s parachute from opening.
The report went on to say that investigators were only able to piece together what happened because of Rachel’s recorded footage.
“Without this information the investigation would have been solely reliant on imagery captured at the scene post the accident”, the report said.
“The panel acknowledged that it would have likely made very different conclusions based on this information alone.”
At the time of her death, Sgt Fisk’s family said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of our dear daughter, Rachel.
“She lived her life with joy and thoughtfulness for others and loved the career she had chosen.
“Rachel will be missed by so many.”
A spokesman for the RAF said: “Rachel was a selfless individual, who was eager to volunteer and reassure those around her.
“She naturally loved her career and not only worked with professionalism and diligence, but also fun and enthusiasm spurred by her passion for what she did.”
