Originally Posted by
MALT68
Rumour has it (in the spirit of PPRUNE) that it was as a result of poor visibility on approach.
Not sure why a go around and divert/ precautionary landing elsewhere was not done.
Smoke has been a serious issue around Bright and Porepunkah as well. At times it has been difficult to fly paragliders off Mystic. So there may not have been any easy place to divert to.