BREAKING NEWS British wingsuit champion featured in BBC documentary is killed during a jump in the Swiss Alps
Liam Byrne, from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, was critically injured on the Gitschen mountain in Switzerland on Saturday.
His parents confirmed to BBC Scotland that their 24-year-old son had sadly died.
'We would like to remember Liam not just for the way he left this world, but for how he lived in it,' a family statement read.
'Liam was fearless, not necessarily because he wasn't afraid but because he refused to let fear hold him back. He chased life in a way that most of us only dream of and he soared.'
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