British base jumper who filmed himself jumping to death had near miss months before

A British base jumper who filmed his final moments as he jumped to his death had a close call just months ago.

Nathy Odinson, 33, had already experienced a brush with death before taking the fateful leap from a high-rise building in Thailand on Saturday night (27 January).

The thrill seeker and skydiver climbed to the top of a 29-storey apartment block in the eastern city of Pattaya over the weekend and jumped, but his parachute tragically failed to open.

A problem with his equipment meant his parachute malfunctioned and did not deploy to slow his descent to the ground.

Chilling footage captured in the moments leading up to his death shows the experienced base jumper, from Cambridgeshire, standing on the edge of the building and counting down from three before he dives off.

Nathy is believed to have gone into a tail spin before landing in a tree and subsequently hitting the ground.

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In the video, a friend who is filming the jump can be heard shouting 'oh f**k' after realising what was happening.

Paramedics arrived at 7.30pm, but sadly the Brit could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Security guard Kanet Chansong said he was alerted to the incident after hearing screaming from outside.

He explained: "I heard the sound of the tree and I thought it was a fallen branch hitting the ground. A woman screamed so I walked over and realised it was a person.

"They were dead. I saw that they had jumped from the building. They were making video content for social media. They had done this before and they knew it was not allowed."

Nathy's brother Ed Harrison, 39, has since revealed that he spotted the fatal error his sibling made before jumping when he watched the footage of him on the top of the apartment block.

He told The Sun that the mini pilot chute of Nathy's parachute was caught in the harness - meaning there was 'no chance' it would have deployed.

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Ed said: "Looking at that video, any skydiver would immediately tell you what is wrong. As he is standing he is holding a white mini parachute called a pilot chute that has a cord going to the main chute which is the bridle.

"You throw the pilot chute into the relative wind flow and that deploys the main chute in his bag on the back.

"What you can clearly see is that the bridle is routed through his harness so there is no chance it could have opened the main chute. It was a simple mistake he had made without realising.

"He looks hurried which is a bad thing, perhaps worried someone might have stopped the jump."

It has since emerged that Nathy had a near death experience during a skydive just three months ago.

He had hailed skydiving instructor Christopher McCann for 'saving his life' on 27 October last year, while sharing an image of a crumpled parachute falling through the sky online.

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The experienced base jumper, who reportedly made over 5,000 jumps all over the world, explained he had been able to find his canopy but had lost his 'freebag' - which is where the reserve canopy is packed and falls to the earth separately after deployment.

His friends were obviously alarmed by the Facebook post, despite regularly seeing Nathy's daredevil content online, and urged him to be safe.

One said: "Dude!!! So many close calls. Good to hear you're alright."

Another wrote: "Another reserve ride, f**k man. Glad you got your wing back this time."

Nathy had responded to the second comment explaining that he'd only experienced issues with 5 out of 5,000 jumps, adding that his tally 'ain't bad'.

Police lieutenant Kamolporn Nadee said of the tragedy: "The parachute that the deceased used to jump malfunctioned and was not centred as expected. He was in a terrible state when we arrived.

"The friend who recorded the video of him jumping was questioned and the video was examined as evidence. Forensics officers are investigating the case further. They are examining the parachute."

A Foreign Office spokesperson said: "We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Thailand."