Fatal powered paraglider accident 19/9/2021
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...lands-58615590
A 54-year-old man has died and a woman has been seriously injured in a paragliding crash.
Emergency services were called at about 16:45 on Saturday to the incident, near Loch Na Gainmhich in the Highlands.
The conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench, and her support Dan Burton, were in the final stages of a challenge to circumnavigate Britain.
The charity Conservation Without Borders said Mr Burton was killed and its founder Ms Dent, seriously injured.
The pair were flying the battery-powered paramotors to mark the forthcoming UN climate change conference in Glasgow.
Emergency services were called at about 16:45 on Saturday to the incident, near Loch Na Gainmhich in the Highlands.
The conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench, and her support Dan Burton, were in the final stages of a challenge to circumnavigate Britain.
The charity Conservation Without Borders said Mr Burton was killed and its founder Ms Dent, seriously injured.
The pair were flying the battery-powered paramotors to mark the forthcoming UN climate change conference in Glasgow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...lands-58615590
Nasty. Any mid air collision is bad news, but in a paramotor, essentially there is no protection at all !
Most of the Round Britain effort done successfully, just the section down the West Coast back to Glasgow left. Sorry to hear of this.
Most of the Round Britain effort done successfully, just the section down the West Coast back to Glasgow left. Sorry to hear of this.
