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Friend of Austin Desi reveals final moments after paragliding accident

by Allison Bamford (2022-10-19)

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The widow of a man who died in a paragliding accident has spoken about how he lived life on the edge, right up until his horrific death.

Austin Desi spent every weekend climbing to the top of Mount Archer, in Queensland's Somerset region, with his mate Liam Cunningham.

The friends bonded over their love of extreme sports like BASE jumping and skydiving and had recently found a passion for paragliding.

Six years ago, the pair took to the skies on a seemingly ordinary Sunday morning without knowing their lives were about to be forever changed. 

During the flight, Austin clipped a tree and was thrown 40 metres to the ground, fracturing most of his body and suffering severe internal injuries in the fall. 

His wife Janette, who was heavily pregnant with their second child at the time, was just days away from giving birth when she received word of the accident. 

'I was very heavily pregnant and he was keen to go out flying and he went "oh I better go now so I have a chance before the baby's born",' Janette told

 Janette said her husband always took risks, even asking his wife if he should take the car in case he needed to rush to meet her during labour.

'He asked if he should take our car because he might meet me at the hospital,' she said.