During a tandem sightseeing flight with a paraglider on Saturday, two Germans (55 and 20 years old) fell to the ground in almost free fall from a height of around 30 meters in Tyrol. The two men were seriously injured.
On Saturday afternoon, a 55-year-old German and his 20-year-old nephew went on a tandem sightseeing flight with a paraglider from the Unterberghorn in Kössen (Kitzbühel district). “Around 1:40 p.m., the 55-year-old probably flew a so-called acromaneuver at too low an altitude. However, this failed and the umbrella could no longer absorb any air flow,” the police said.Flowed to hospitalsThe 55-year-old fell with his 20-year-old passenger from around 20 to 30 meters to the ground in an almost free fall. The two men were seriously injured and were flown by emergency helicopter to the hospital in Rosenheim or to the Kufstein district hospital.
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