(FULL VIDEO) Italian wingsuit pilot BASE JUMPING Armin Schmieder DIES Facebook live stream in Alps<br /><br />SHOCKING RAW: 'Today you fly with me': Italian wingsuit pilot broadcasts his own death live on Facebook as daring Alps jump ends in tragedy<br />Italian wingsuit pilot was broadcasting his daring jump live on Facebook<br />He told his followers 'today you fly with me' before leaping off mountain<br />But the stunt ended in tragedy when the 28-year-old crashed and died<br />Body found at Kandersteg, Switzerland, a popular BASE jumping location<br /><br /><br />An Italian wingsuit pilot who crashed down to his death in the Alps was broadcasting his daring jump live on Facebook, it has emerged.<br />The 28-year-old, named locally as Armin Schmieder, told his fans 'today you fly with me' before his leap, from a mountain top near Kandersteg in Switzerland, ended in tragedy.<br />Images from a video posted online show the pilot readying his wingsuit before pocketing his phone and taking off.<br /><br />After a few moments, a shout can be heard and the sound of impact. The Zurich daily Blick reports that followers watching the video reacted with horror. <br />Some sent messages asking that he 'write or say something.' <br />But all that could be heard on the video was the sound of cow bells, the newspaper reports. The video couldn't immediately be verified.<br /><br />Bern cantonal police said the body of a 28-year-old Italian citizen was recovered near Kandersteg, a popular BASE jumping location. <br />Police spokeswoman Jolanda Egger declined Saturday to confirm the man's identity.<br />She said the cause of the accident was still being investigated. <br />Blick reports that according to a a friend, Schmieder lived in Freiburg and had a young child.<br /><br />The friend said: 'He was an experienced skydiver, but flew only a year with the wingsuit.'<br />It is the latest tragedy to hit the sport and comes just days after Alexander Polli, one of the world’s most celebrated and daring wingsuit pilots, died after crashing into a tree during a flight.<br />The accident happened in the Couloir de l’Ensa mountainous area in Chamonix in the French Alps.<br />Mr Polli, 31, reached international fame after posting a video of himself flying through a small hole in a huge rock called the ‘Roca Forada’ in Montserrat, Spain.<br />The video, seen more than 13 million times, shows the skilled pilot in his wingsuit flying through the hole at 155 mph (250 kph).<br />His most recent flight ended tragically, however, as the daring jumper leapt from a height of 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) and smashed into a tree.<br />His friends quickly called the police who sent out a rescue team to save him.<br /><br />Mr Polli was conscious when they arrived, but the gravity of his injuries meant the team was unable to keep him alive long enough to transport him to hospital. <br />Earlier this month, a British BASE jumper plunged to his death in central Switzerland this week.<br />The 49-year-old man was jumping from the 'High Ultimate' peak near the Alpine village of Murren when he crashed into a cliff. <br />A week earlier, a British skydiver died after his parachute failed to open on a jump in the French Alps.<br />David Reader, 25, was taking part in a base jump near Sallanches, close to Mont Blanc, on August 7.<br />His parachute failed to open and he hit the ground, suffering a severe head injury and several injuries to his body.<br />Mr Reader, from Newnham in Gloucestershire, was taken to hospital in Annecy but died the following day.
