No suspicion of equipment failure in skydive death

An inquest hearing for a 32-year-old woman who died while skydiving was told "there was no reason to suspect equipment failure".

Marketing manager Jade Damarell died after crashing on to farmland near Fleming Field, Shotton Colliery, County Durham, on 27 April.

A post-mortem examination at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle found she died as a result of "blunt trauma".

The brief opening hearing in Crook, County Durham, was adjourned until a full inquest on 21 August.

Ms Damarell was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and lived in Caerphilly, Wales, coroner's officer Alexis Blighe told the court.

Ms Blighe said: "I understand the circumstances to be that Ms Damarell was involved in a parachute incident on 27 April."

Coroner Jeremy Chipperfield asked Ms Blighe: "There's no reason to suspect equipment failure":[]}