Base jumper cheats death after leaping from the roof of a Spanish hotel and slamming into its side after parachute opens the wrong way
- - Maria Steinmayr took part in the Base Jump Extreme World Championships
- - The 22-year-old jumped off a 525ft hotel but it went wrong within moments
- - Her 60mph plunge came to a halt when she crash-landed on a balcony
- - Miraculously she suffered only a broken noise and cuts and bruises
By LEE MORAN
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An Austrian basejumper is lucky to be alive after she jumped from the top of a Spanish hotel but slammed into its side after her parachute opened the wrong way.
Maria Steinmayr, 22, cheated death on Friday after she threw herself from the roof of the 525ft Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm.
She plunged through the air at 60mph, smashing into the building several times as her equipment malfunctioned.
Maria Steinmayr jumped off the roof of the 525ft Gran Hotel Bali in Benidorm but her parachute opened the wrong way and she plummeted towards the ground at 60mph
Miss Steinmayr was competing in the Base Jump Extreme World Championships in Benidorm as the horror unfolded
The Austrian base jumper got into trouble within seconds of making the leap off the hotel roof
She ended up crash-landing onto a 10th floor balcony of a room whose guests had left the glass door open.
A British couple down the hall reportedly heard her banging on the door for help and let her through before calling for medical help.
The base jumper hurtled through the air at 60mph when her parachute opened the wrong way
Unsurprisingly, Miss Steinmayr withdrew from the Base Jump Extreme World Championships following her crash
Steinmayr's plunge stopped at 10th floor balcony where a British couple heard her and called for medical help
Incredibly Steinmayr, the only woman taking part in the annual BASE jump Extreme World Championships, suffered only a broken nose and a few cuts and bruises.
She did, however, withdraw from the competition after the incident.
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