Before tandem flight: pitch-bird injured itself at take-off

It was supposed to be a great adventure for a German – a tandem paragliding flight in the Tyrolean Zillertal: But already the start process went quite wrong. The 49-year-old still knuckled on the ground and injured himself so hard that he had to be rescued from the mountain rescue. The unfortunate incident had happened on Saturday. A local paraglider pilot wanted to take a paid tandem flight with the German guest. Started on the so-called Melchb…

A wonderful sunny Sunday, the best weather for a paragliding flight. But something happens in Gaildorf, which one of the athletes could not count on.A paraglider pilot crashed in Gaildorf (Kreis Schwäbisch Hall) and was badly injured. According to the fire department, the man was taken to a clinic on Sunday with a rescue helicopter.The umbrella of the 41-year-old had collapsed shortly after the start at the mountain Kirgel because of a wind blow…

A parachute jumper from Wels was seriously injured in a crash from 15 meters height and flown to the hospital with the rescue helicopter.

A Salzburger crashed yesterday at a parachute jump in Wels just before landing. He fell to the ground from about 15 meters above sea level. The 36-year-old was seriously injured.

A skydiver crashed shortly before landing in Wels, Upper Austria, on Saturday and was seriously injured. The 36-year-old Salzburg resident, described as an experienced skydiver, fell from a height of about 15 meters, according to eyewitnesses. He was flown to the hospital by rescue helicopter, police reported.

WELS. On Saturday there was a serious accident in Wels during a parachute jump.