Story By: John Feng, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report Video Credit: AsiaWire This is the moment a hapless adventurer in a motorised paraglider ends up dangling upside down from a set of high-voltage power lines 165 feet in the air before finally being rescued five hours later. The powered paragliding enthusiast Mr Zhao…
Story By: John Feng, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report These images show a terrified beginner paraglider who trapped herself some 300 feet above the ground after flying into a set of high-voltage power lines. The newbie extreme sports enthusiast was flying over the forests of Mount Gujian when the accident happened in…
Story By: Anna Guran, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video Credit: CEN/Evgeny Kuznetsov This is the moment a young girl blowing bubbles narrowly avoids being hit by tandem paragliders who dodge her by mere inches and crash into the back of a Lexus upon landing. The startling incident occurred in the town of Kungur in Perm Krai, a federal…
Story By: Sibel Abdiu, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report Video Credit: AsiaWire This is the moment a tragic tourist and his paraglider pilot are found after the pair lost control and crashed while flying in tandem near a resort popular with Brits. The accident happened after the pair jumped in tandem from the 1,969 metre…
Story by: Sibel Abdiu, Sub-Editor:Joseph Golder, Agency:Central European News Picture Credit: CEN This was the funny scene after a clumsy paraglider pilot missed his landing target area and ended up hanging from a lamppost. The man, named only as Kaan A., had jumped from Ali Mountain, near the city of Kayseri in central…
