Parachute jumper dies after cutting cords

POLICE are investigating the death of a man who cut the lines of his parachute after jumping from an aircraft.

David Crowcroft, 27, from north London, was said to be behaving normally before the 3,500ft jump from a light aircraft that had taken off from Old Buckenham Airfield, near Attleborough in Norfolk.

However, it was understood that as soon as his parachute opened he took off his helmet, which had a built-in radio to speak to his instructor on the ground, and threw it away.