Horror as a woman is left fighting for life in hospital after suffering traumatic head injuries at a popular indoor skydiving centre – as mystery deepens of how accident unfolded
- Woman in critical condition after indoor skydiving accident
- The woman suffered a traumatic head injury on Thursday
- Accident occurred at iFly in Chermside, Brisbane
- iFly state that safety is a ‘primary concern’
A woman is in a critical condition after suffering a traumatic head injury from an indoor skydiving accident.
The woman, in her 50s, was indoor skydiving at the iFly Indoor Skydiving facility in a Westfield in Chermside in Brisbane when she suffered the accident at around 4pm on Thursday.
iFly have five locations across Australia and over 80 worldwide.
A woman in her 50s is in a critical condition after receiving a traumatic head injury at an iFly indoor skydiving facility in Chermside, Brisbane (pictured) on Friday afternoon
Paramedics and the critical care and high acuity team were called to the Brisbane facility, which has been open since 2019, at 4:21pm.
She was then transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition.
‘Workplace health and safety visited the site and are continuing their inquiries into the incident,’ a Queensland WorkSafe spokesperson confirmed.
Just days earlier Nine News weather presenter Tim Davies went to the same facility, looking precarious as he read his weather report in the tunnel.
The weatherman originally flew with an instructor holding his hand before having a go by himself at the end of the cross.
Just days earlier Nine News weather presenter Tim Davies went to the same facility, looking precarious as he read his weather report in the tunnel
iFly’s website states that the customer’s safety is their main concern and that their wind tunnel’s unique design ‘allows you to safely enjoy your flight session’.
Every customer must sign a waiver which says iFly is an ‘inherently dangerous activity involving strenuous physical exertion’.
iFly advertises itself as an ‘adrenaline of a free-fall experience, in a safe and controlled environment’.
The vertical wind tunnels allow participants to feel the sensation of freefalling without a parachute.
People aged three years and over can fly in the large wind tunnel.
Prices for sessions start at $79.
iFly was Brisbane’s first indoor skydiving facility which opened in 2019.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to iFly for comment.
iFly allow anyone aged between three and 103 years-old to participate in indoor skydiving as long as they weigh less than 136kg, stating that safety is a ‘primary concern’ (pictured, stock)
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