A RAF instructor unwittingly filmed her own death after her parachute failed to open during a 12,000ft free fall.

Sergeant Rachel Fisk, 32, plummeted to her death at 120mph, moments after filming other parachutists jumping in tandem as part of a training exercise.

She died on Sep 2, 2021 at RAF Weston-on-the-Green airfield in Oxfordshire. 

A RAF source told the Mail on Sunday: “It was a freak accident, an absolute tragedy. I hate to think what Rachel’s last thoughts were.”

A military investigation, aided by footage filmed on a GoPro camera attached to Sgt Fisk’s helmet, has now revealed what went wrong during the jump. 

On the day of the accident, Sgt Fisk was conducting an exercise with catering staff from RAF Marham in Norfolk, which involved novices being attached to an experienced free-faller.