Christopher Swales had been doing a tandem skydiving jump near the Grand Canyon but something when wrong when he came to land.
Christopher Swales, 55, had been doing a tandem skydiving jump near the Grand Canyon on Sunday morning.
The jump had been going to plan until Mr Swales and his skydiving partner reached the landing, according to Coconino County Sheriff's Office. A spokesman for the sheriff's office said that Mr Swales and his skydiving partner"encountered difficulties while approaching the landing area" at the Grand Canyon National Park Airport.
"These difficulties caused the pair to free fall for an unknown distance and hit the ground in what was described as a 'hard landing'."His skydiving partner, who worked at a skydiving centre, suffered a broken leg.
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