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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

Millionaire who died in speed record bid took hand off wheel to deploy parachute

PA Media

A millionaire businessman who crashed at 244mph while attempting to set a speed record in a Porsche 911 Turbo had taken one hand off the wheel to deploy a parachute, an inquest heard.

Zef Eisenberg, 47, was trying to prove he had created the world’s fastest Porsche and was attempting a record “flying mile” when he was killed at Elvington Airfield, near York, in October 2020.

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