Difficult mission
Tyrol: Pilot (30) trapped in 40 meter high fir tree
Mission for Tyrol's mountain rescuers on Wednesday in the Zillertal. A German student pilot (30) landed with his paraglider in a 40-meter-high fir tree. The operation lasted around 3.5 hours in total.
The incident occurred at around 2 pm. The 30-year-old took off with the paraglider from the Perler launch site on the Schwendberg in the Zillertal municipality of Hippach. His destination was the landing site in Schwendau. However, the student did not get there.
Six mountain rescuers joined the pilot at
For unknown reasons, he landed in a 40-metre-high fir tree above the Hoabergbach gorge. Six men from the Mayrhofen mountain rescue team climbed up to the pilot. In order to reach the 30-year-old, several branches had to be removed.
After two hours, the accident victim was finally freed. He was lucky and remained uninjured. The operation lasted a total of 3.5 hours.
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