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Plane takes out paraglider's canopy/wing in mid-air

Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:10 pm
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:10 pm
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WATCH: A paraglider gets hit by a Cessna 172 near the Austrian town of Zell am See.

The paraglider was able to pull her rescue parachute and land safely shortly after the incident on Saturday.

According to police, the 44-year-old Austrian had started from Schmittenhöhe in the direction of Piesendorf. Above the Pinzgauer Hütte, she collided at 1:15 p.m. with the Cessna piloted by a 28-year-old.

The pilot of the Cessna, which flew from the Glemm Valley in the direction of Zell am See, was able to land the aircraft safely at Zell am See Airport.

Video: sab_thi
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:12 pm to
Landed safely. What a story to tell and have video of. Or AI, can't really tell anymore.
Posted by jcaz
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:14 pm to
Pilot was probably staring at the iPad
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:20 pm to
Holy shite good for her not panicking. Couldn't understand a word she said but y'all wouldn't be able to understand my words either if that happened to me
Posted by Fat and Happy
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:20 pm to
Should have grabbed onto the plane and went for a ride.
Posted by StringMusic
Metaire, LA
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:50 pm to
She’s gonna need a clean pair of drawers after that
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

Schmittenhöhe
Posted by Tyga Woods
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:19 pm to
Who is holding the camera?
Posted by LSUGreg
Gonzales
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:31 pm to
I bet it is one of those 360 cameras on end of a stick.You can do some crazy edits with those
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:35 pm to
Insanely lucky the reserve chute didn't get tangled in the main.
Posted by ellunchboxo
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:44 pm to
I hope the pilot get charged.

fricking idiot.
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:47 pm to
What was it she seemed to be trying to kick her way out of?
Posted by Boomdaddy65201
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Member since Mar 2020
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 2:52 pm to




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Move bitch, get out the way Get out the way bitch, get out the way Move bitch, get out the way Get out the way bitch, get out the way

Move bitch, get out the way Get out the way bitch get out the way Move bitch, get out the way Get out the way bitch, get out the way
Posted by Obtuse1
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Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 3:00 pm to
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Insanely lucky the reserve chute didn't get tangled in the main.


I came to say he had to be shitting himself, the whole way down worried the suspension lines and toggles from his wing would wrap his chute lines. This is standard for paragliders because they have no cut-away mechanism but I think he had enough altitude that he might have preferred to release it. However, all's well that ends well.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
41243 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 3:04 pm to
Guy I was in meetings with last week in Vienna was heading out to paraglide this weekend. I wonder if he was in the area. He will for sure know about this incident.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 3:08 pm to
Inappropriate
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 4:52 am
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

Plane takes out paraglider's canopy/wing in mid-air

She shouldn’t have been flying there.

Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:21 pm to
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Couldn't understand a word she said


I’ll translate. shite! frick! shite! Stupid mf’er. Then a bunch more shits on the way down.
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:23 pm to
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4261 posts
Posted on 5/24/26 at 5:40 pm to
In defense, the visibility was poor. /s
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