In Lienz

Paraglider crashed 60 meters onto rocky terrain

A German man was fighting for survival after a terrible paragliding accident. The holidaymaker died after receiving first aid at the district hospital in Lienz.

A 56-year-old German man took off from the launch site on the Emberger Alm (1720 meters above sea level) in Berg im Drautal in the midday hours on Tuesday with his paraglider for a leisure flight into the valley to Greifenburg.
According to witnesses, his paraglider suddenly collapsed at around 3.15 pm.

The pilot was unable to deploy the rescue parachute and crashed unchecked from a height of around 60 meters into rocky terrain.

After initial treatment by the emergency doctor from the C 7 rescue helicopter team, the pilot was flown to Lienz hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he died on Wednesday night.

The aircraft sustained minor damage. The Greifenburg Rescue Service, the emergency helicopter, the Upper Drau Valley Mountain Rescue Service with seven men and a Greifenburg police patrol were deployed.