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Former British Army officer Mark Sutton, who played a parachuting James Bond during the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, was killed in a wing-diving accident Wednesday morning.
The BBC reports Sutton, 42, died "after crashing into a ridge of rock."
Sutton was among a group of elite pilots participating in a film shoot for Epic TV in Switzerland. According to a statement released by Epic TV:
The accident occurred on the first day of the three-day event after several successful jumps had already been made.
Rescue services arrived quickly and determined that Mr. Sutton had immediately died upon impact.
...sees people jumping off mountains, through valleys and flying parallel to cliffs at speeds of more than 200mph with little margin for error.
