A pilot found guilty in paratrooper's death in France: What happened

An airline pilot accidentally cut off the head of paratrooper Nicholas Gali with an airplane wing in France.

The court found him guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to 12 months suspended sentence and a one-year flying ban, BBC reports.

In July 2018, 40-year-old parachutist Nicholas Gali jumped out of an airplane. 10 seconds later, at an altitude of 4,000 metres, he was hit by a wing as the plane descended.

As it turned out during the investigation of the incident, the pilot and the paratrooper did not agree on the trajectory the plane would take before the jump. Nicholas Gali's death was the result of "negligence and recklessness."

The association of skydiving schools where the pilot worked was fined €20,000. After the tragic death of the skydiver, security measures were tightened there.