Champion Australian skydiver dies in US while testing out new method for sport

A champion Australian skydiver and teacher has died within the US whereas testing out a brand new technique for the game.

Melissa Porter, from Port Kennedy in Western Australia, died after the accident on the Skydive Spaceland Houston facility in Texas on June 24.

Local police yesterday confirmed mates had recognized the girl as Porter.

Mel Porter, a champion skydiver, has died in Texas. (Facebook)

Witnesses reportedly noticed a parachute deploy earlier than she made a tough touchdown.

Investigators stated no blunt drive trauma was noticeable on her physique.

The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office will work to find out Porter’s explanation for loss of life.

Friends at the moment are planning a tribute skydive on the facility to honour Porter.

The Australian died on the Skydive Spaceland Houston facility. (9News)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed it’s “providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian woman who died in the United States”.

“We send our deepest condolences to the woman’s family,” a DFAT spokesperson added.

Porter helped set a skydiving report in Queensland earlier this yr.

She was one in every of 23 girls who jumped at Skydive Ramblers in Toogoolawah on May 6, finishing the “2-point 23 way”, an Australian girls’s total-break sequential report.

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Source: www.9news.com.au