The 29-year-old extreme sportsperson, who won gold at the Australian championships earlier this year, was attempting a 'swooping' landing manoeuvre.
Ms Porter worked as an instructor at Skydive Spaceland Houston.Swooping involves a series of difficult manoeuvres that allow skydivers to"swoop" at high speeds over the ground or water before levelling off quickly for the landing.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told the New York Post it was"providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian woman who died in the United States".This content is provided by, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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