Jesus. With all of the space in the sky to navigate, was this intentional or something?
jpoyarzun on
Wont share this to my girfriend
dcavanaugh001 on
Aaaand I’m never paragliding by myself ever.
Holy shit.
snnnneaky on
Moments before…..
Mysterious-Stop-6679 on
That was intentional, no fucking way the pilot didnt see that
No_Obligation_3568 on
She stayed pretty damn calm and worked the problem! Good for her. I’m not sure I would have been anywhere near that calm.
Curious as to the whole story. Anyone have a link?
liongalahad on
the plane is like “f*ck you in particular.”
BlueManQuad on
Hitting that parachute could definitely screw with the propeller on that plane. There’s no way the pilot did that intentionally.
Lsonney on
Unreal!!! How did she survive that!!!! Did they find out who was flying that plane???!!!!! 😲
MrUniverse1990 on
Wow. *Rude*.
Rational_Nutjob on
A driver who hits a jaywalker on a straight road is usually distracted and/or traveling too fast for the conditions. A pilot who hits a paraglider can be fully alert but still fail for many reasons, including, but not limited to the paraglider appearing like a little dot until a few seconds prior to impact, due to the speed of the aircraft in relation to the size and speed of the paraglider.
Lafawny on
No hesitation and immediately launched her spare chute .
But did no one see that grizzly staring at her through the tree line ?
jkjk
Nosleep4uever on
I highly doubt anything is intentional here. Not sure of the flight rules of where this happened if not US, but transponder equipment is usually not required by the paraglider. So, it is up to the pilot to spot them VFR. Having flew enough, the only thing really identifying for that paraglider is the pink on the parachute. That helmet would be microscopic from distance, and that suit could easily be lost among the background. For a pilot to see that and react faster than closing distance is really unlikely. That said if this is a common paragliding launch point, the pilot should have checked. Though that info isn’t always published in NOTAMs and there may be no record of it outside the US. I’d say this is most likely purely accident, but I’m fairly certain the pilot had to perform emergency landing procedures as much as the paraglider. Hopefully the pilot is fine too. I’m glad the paraglider got back down safely.
BojackWorseman13 on
The article I read made it seem like he saw her but there was no way to avoid her which I just find hard to believe given the ability of a plane to go kinda in a number of directions a car can’t go.
NoBStraightTTP on
Aaand that’s why I don’t paraglide. That “oida! Aber i leb noch, des is die Hauptsache” in the end… (Roughly: F-Sake. But i’m alive, that’s the main thing) – she’s 🪓🪓slightly🪓🪓 mad at the pilot 🤷🏼♂️
insanekid66 on
People saying this was intentional don’t know how hard it would be to do this on purpose, not to mention it’d be gambling with your own life.
This is 100% accidental. The pilot is lucky there was no critical damage to the plane or they’d likely be dead.
Imagine if the paraglider gear didn’t get ripped off and the plane dragged them behind
Jet-Let4606 on
Thats scary as fuck actually
SmallRocks on
It was almost exactly two minutes from collision to feet on the ground. I bet it felt like a lifetime!
BobbyDGAF on
How I met your mother.
nomorefriendsneeded on
People blaming the pilot and even saying it was maybe intentional is fucking wild.
thementalyogi on
Was waiting for the plane to come back for the second chute.
wouldbeawoodbee on
Around :22 in she says “lick my ass” in German.
DireWolfxz on
mission failed 47
Double-Slowpoke on
That’s some Batman level shit
sublevelstreetpusher on
Focker came outta nowhere!
mnstripe on
Thank God she’s safe! And I can’t believe how chill she was being about the whole thing
oaktreebr on
I’m glad she didn’t get hit, just the parachute
zigglezeed on
How was she still able to glide down????
Delicious_Tomato_957 on
First time I ever seen a hit and run in the feckin sky.
LeftLiner on
Bastard didn’t even pull over to check on her.
frankfrichards on
It should be mandatory that anything up there (except airborne troops in real missions) should be wearing a transponder.
Special-Armadillo780 on
The thing that got hit is a paraglider, her reserve is a parachute, Chutes main function is to slow your falling, gliders main function is to glide forward.
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yup and now i have a new irrational fear
Glad you survived !!!
Jesus. With all of the space in the sky to navigate, was this intentional or something?
Wont share this to my girfriend
Aaaand I’m never paragliding by myself ever.
Holy shit.
Moments before…..
That was intentional, no fucking way the pilot didnt see that
She stayed pretty damn calm and worked the problem! Good for her. I’m not sure I would have been anywhere near that calm.
Curious as to the whole story. Anyone have a link?
the plane is like “f*ck you in particular.”
Hitting that parachute could definitely screw with the propeller on that plane. There’s no way the pilot did that intentionally.
Unreal!!! How did she survive that!!!! Did they find out who was flying that plane???!!!!! 😲
Wow. *Rude*.
A driver who hits a jaywalker on a straight road is usually distracted and/or traveling too fast for the conditions. A pilot who hits a paraglider can be fully alert but still fail for many reasons, including, but not limited to the paraglider appearing like a little dot until a few seconds prior to impact, due to the speed of the aircraft in relation to the size and speed of the paraglider.
No hesitation and immediately launched her spare chute .
But did no one see that grizzly staring at her through the tree line ?
jkjk
I highly doubt anything is intentional here. Not sure of the flight rules of where this happened if not US, but transponder equipment is usually not required by the paraglider. So, it is up to the pilot to spot them VFR. Having flew enough, the only thing really identifying for that paraglider is the pink on the parachute. That helmet would be microscopic from distance, and that suit could easily be lost among the background. For a pilot to see that and react faster than closing distance is really unlikely. That said if this is a common paragliding launch point, the pilot should have checked. Though that info isn’t always published in NOTAMs and there may be no record of it outside the US. I’d say this is most likely purely accident, but I’m fairly certain the pilot had to perform emergency landing procedures as much as the paraglider. Hopefully the pilot is fine too. I’m glad the paraglider got back down safely.
The article I read made it seem like he saw her but there was no way to avoid her which I just find hard to believe given the ability of a plane to go kinda in a number of directions a car can’t go.
Aaand that’s why I don’t paraglide. That “oida! Aber i leb noch, des is die Hauptsache” in the end… (Roughly: F-Sake. But i’m alive, that’s the main thing) – she’s 🪓🪓slightly🪓🪓 mad at the pilot 🤷🏼♂️
People saying this was intentional don’t know how hard it would be to do this on purpose, not to mention it’d be gambling with your own life.
This is 100% accidental. The pilot is lucky there was no critical damage to the plane or they’d likely be dead.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/570859 for the curious folks.
This is insane. So happy to see her recover.
Call-sign OE-KAF.
Collision report: [https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/570859](https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/570859)
Imagine if the paraglider gear didn’t get ripped off and the plane dragged them behind
Thats scary as fuck actually
It was almost exactly two minutes from collision to feet on the ground. I bet it felt like a lifetime!
How I met your mother.
People blaming the pilot and even saying it was maybe intentional is fucking wild.
Was waiting for the plane to come back for the second chute.
Around :22 in she says “lick my ass” in German.
mission failed 47
That’s some Batman level shit
Focker came outta nowhere!
Thank God she’s safe! And I can’t believe how chill she was being about the whole thing
I’m glad she didn’t get hit, just the parachute
How was she still able to glide down????
First time I ever seen a hit and run in the feckin sky.
Bastard didn’t even pull over to check on her.
It should be mandatory that anything up there (except airborne troops in real missions) should be wearing a transponder.
The thing that got hit is a paraglider, her reserve is a parachute, Chutes main function is to slow your falling, gliders main function is to glide forward.
Badass!