Woman dies in skydiving incident at Nottinghamshire airfield

A 22-year-old woman died after a skydiving incident near Langar Airfield in Nottinghamshire, after emergency services were called at 12.13pm on Sunday, 5 July 2026. She was found in a nearby field and pronounced dead at the scene. Nottinghamshire Police said her family had been informed and would be supported by specially trained officers.

Det Insp Rachel Mayfield said police were working with partners to understand what happened and described the case as a tragic incident. Officers said no one else was hurt in the incident, which unfolded near the airfield just outside the village of Langar.

A file will now be prepared for the coroner, starting the formal process that follows a death of this kind. That review will sit alongside the police inquiry as investigators piece together the sequence of events that led the woman from the jump site to the field where she was found.

Langar Airfield is home to Skydive Langar, which says the site first opened in 1942 as an RAF base during World War II. The centre says it is affiliated with British Skydiving, placing the incident within a sport that is tightly supervised but still vulnerable to rare, high-impact tragedies that draw scrutiny of safety procedures, training and oversight at airfields.