One person killed, after their parachute fails to deploy at the proper height, during a 222- person jump attempt at a world record, in Eloy.

An experienced female skydiver was killed during a group world-record skydiving attempt when a parachute malfunctioned on Thursday morning in Eloy.

The person was part of a 222-person group trying to break the world record for a "formation jump" about 7:30 a.m.

The skydiver's parachute was released too low to allow the reserve chute to fully open and not related to aircraft, the size of the group or weather conditions, according to an official statement from Skydive Arizona, an Eloy skydiving business.

Members of the group came from about a dozen countries to free-fall from about 18,000 feet, then come together in a formation before separating and doing another formation. They then pull their parachutes.

The group did not complete the formation and didn't set the record Thursday, but a World Team spokeswoman said the team decided to keep moving towards the record with 221 members. World Team organized the event at Skydive Arizona.

The team met after the accident and agreed to a special jump, a missing man formation skydive, to honor the late skydiver, the spokeswoman said.