The husband of a woman who died in a skydiving accident in Far North Queensland has launched legal action against the company involved.
Kerri Pike, 54, was one of three killed at Mission Beach, south of Cairns, in 2017
Mother-of-eight Kerri Pike was on a tandem jump for her 54th birthday when she was involved in a mid-air collision and fell to the ground at Mission Beach, south of Cairns, in October 2017.
Two instructors also died.
Mrs Pike's husband, Alister, has launched two separate claims against Experience Co operator Australia Skydive, including a dependency claim and a personal injury claim totalling $580,000.
He says he filed the claims in the Cairns District Court to draw attention to an industry he alleges is "completely unregulated".
"I've never been a money person and anybody that knows me will tell you the same thing," Mr Pike said.
"But I've tried every vehicle to try and get the sloppiness of the skydiving industry under the spotlight.
"I don't want another family to go through what we've been through.
"It destroyed my family.
"This is about recognition of preventable deaths."
Mid-air collision
An inquest in Cairns in August 2019 found sports jumper Toby Turner, 34, made an "error of judgment" when he packed his parachute into an incompatible container before the accident.
Turner was killed in mid-air when his chute opened and crashed into tandem jumpers Mrs Pike and Peter Dawson, 35.
He was directly underneath the pair at the time. All three then fell to...
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