A father who plunged to his death while parasailing with his daughter had joked moments earlier about what would happen if the harness snapped.

Glenn Hudson, 50, plummeted more than 150 feet to the beach in Turkey as Emma, 25, harnessed next to him, looked on in horror.

The 50-year-old persuaded his daughter to take part in the tandem parasail, reassuring her it would be a serene and safe experience.

But his harness, which is believed to have been damaged by the sun, snapped only 10 minutes after the pair, from Essex, set off.

Miss Hudson said today she had been worried that her own harness was not properly attached, but her father, a roof tiler from Colchester, told her to relax.

She said: ´He was having a joke with me. I asked what would happen if you hit the water from that height, and he said: "You wouldn´t survive it, anyway".

´I said: "Thanks for reassuring me, Dad!" I never imagined that his harness would break and that would actually happen.´

Miss Hudson, who was paragliding for the first time at the Mediterranean resort of Side, told of her terror as she saw her father fall to the ground on Saturday afternoon.

As the pair floated above the beach, Mr Hudson spoke of how ´lovely´ and ´peaceful´ the experience was before suddenly dropping to his death.

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