Liam Byrne: Wingsuit flyer dies after jump off Gitschen in Swiss Alps

British champion Liam Byrne, 24, had said he knew from a young age he wanted to "fly like a bird".

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British champion Liam Byrne, 24, was critically injured on the Gitschen mountain on Saturday after taking off from 7,874ft (2,400m).

Mr Byrne, from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, featured in a 2024 BBC documentary called The Boy Who Can Fly.

He was described as a very experienced wingsuit flyer - which is a type of skydiving which involves wearing a special suit with webbing to allow mid-air lift - and had completed more than 4,000 jumps during his 10-year career.

Mr Byrne had told the documentary: "I think I was about 13 when I said to my dad that I wanted to learn to fly like a bird."