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Murder probe into skydive

Updated on 24 January 2007

By Lindsay Taylor

Belgian police are holding a woman over the death of a skydiver who fell 4,000m.


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The victim's parachute failed to open during a jump over an airfield in Zwarteberg.

Els Clootemans is alleged to have tampered with the equipment after discovering that the skydiver, a married mother of two was sleeping with her boyfriend.

The fatal jump was recorded on camera.

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