‘He was a nice guy who never did anybody any harm’

FRIENDS of the Irish skydiver who died in a plane crash in Australia paid tribute yesterday to a man described as a “happy-go-lucky character”.

It also emerged yesterday that skydiving instructor Nigel O’Gorman, from Naas in Co Kildare, was due to return home shortly to share his expertise.

Mr O’Gorman, 34, was one of five people who died after the single-engine Cessna 206 crashed into a small reservoir east of Brisbane after suffering what appeared to be a power failure after takeoff.