--- description: "It had nothing to do with the size of the group or the aircraft," a spokesman for her team told reports. The attempt to have 222 people skydiving simultaneously would have set a new world record title: German Skydiver Killed in Arizona After Parachute Malfunctions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4e82e05cc8b0ffe/698688f13bc999e8f51a2c15/skydiving.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accidents](/tag/accidents/) ## Accidents Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Skydiver Participating in World Record Attempt Dies After Chute Malfunctions by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 9:28 AM CUT  Members of the World Team join together in a missing man formation during a jump over Eloy, Ariz., Thursday, April 3, 2014, after one of the group died during a jump earlier in the day. Members of the World Team join together in a missing man formation during a jump over Eloy, Ariz., Thursday, April 3, 2014, after one of the group died during a jump earlier in the day.Henny Wiggers—AP by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 9:28 AM CUT Officials in Arizona have confirmed that one skydiver died on Thursday after her [parachute malfunctioned](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/03/us/arizona-skydiver-death/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined") during a 222-person jump aimed at setting a new world record. German skydiver Diana Paris reportedly fell to her death after her main parachute was released too low to the ground for the reserve chute to work, according to CNN. Paris was a member of World Team, which was trying set a new world record by completing two distinct aerial formations with over 200 participants. “It had nothing to do with the size of the group or the aircraft,” World Team spokeswoman Gulcin Gilbert told the Associated Press. Paris reportedly had completed more than 1,500 free-falls before the ill-fated jump. \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/03/us/arizona-skydiver-death/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/49504/arizona-skydiving-accident-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/49504/arizona-skydiving-accident-death/"},"headline":"Skydiver Participating in World Record Attempt Dies After Chute Malfunctions","datePublished":"2014-04-04T09:28:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:08:15.690Z","description":"\"It had nothing to do with the size of the group or the aircraft,\" a spokesman for her team told media. The attempt to have 222 people skydiving simultaneously over Arizona would have set a new world record","url":"https://time.com/49504/arizona-skydiving-accident-death/","keywords":["Accidents","Germany","Arizona"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4e82e05cc8b0ffe/698688f13bc999e8f51a2c15/skydiving.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4e82e05cc8b0ffe/698688f13bc999e8f51a2c15/skydiving.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Skydiving Death","caption":"Skydiving Death","creditText":"Henny Wiggers—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accidents/","name":"Accidents"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/49504/arizona-skydiving-accident-death/","name":"Skydiver Participating in World Record Attempt Dies After Chute Malfunctions"}}]}] ```