Ten paragliders have been flying concurrently and two of them crashed with one another mid-air.
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A day after the dying of a Belgian paraglider, one other paraglider from Czech Republic was killed in Himachal Pradesh’s Manali after she crashed into the mountainside on Wednesday, officers stated.
Two paragliders have died in two days in Himachal Pradesh forward of the Paragliding World Cup 2024 commencing on November 2 in Bir-Billing, thought of as ‘paragliding paradise’, in Himachal’s Kangra district.
The deceased solo paraglider, recognized as Dita Misurcova (43), crashed into the mountains close to Marhi in Manali. She misplaced management over the glider attributable to robust winds, as per preliminary experiences.
The paraglider was instantly rushed to a hospital in Manali, the place she was declared useless, officers added. An skilled paraglider, Misurcova had been paragliding for the previous six years.
On Tuesday, a Belgian paraglider was killed after colliding mid-air with one other paraglider in Bir-Billing as his parachute didn’t open after the crash, whereas 50-year outdated Russian nationwide Aleksei Kozlochkov died attributable to suspected coronary heart assault in his resort room in Bir on Monday.
The Tuesday accident occurred when the 2 paragliders, who took off individually, collided mid-air resulting in the dying of Belgian paraglider Feyaret, whereas the Polish paraglider sustained accidents. Feyarets was a free-flying paraglider in his mid-sixties, officers stated.
Ten paragliders have been flying concurrently and two of them crashed with one another mid-air. The Belgium paraglider died as his parachute didn’t open after the crash, Kangra district’s Deputy Director, Tourism, Vinay Dhiman advised PTI.
The probabilities of accident improve when the free fliers enterprise into high-risk zones or internal valleys with little information of the topography and the native wind situations, he stated, including, “We’re within the means of documenting the thermals within the Bir-Billing space with the assistance of consultants to scale back the chance of accidents whereas flying.” “A proposal to put in particular towers in excessive mountains to pinpoint the crash websites in case of accidents is within the pipeline,” stated Avinash Negi, Director of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports activities (ABVIMAS) in Manali.
In October 2023, three paragliders — Russian, Polish and Indian — have been killed in per week whereas paragliding.
The November 2-9 World Cup will see participation from 130 paragliders from 50 international locations.
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