Fatal Paragliding accident in Chamonix
Wing collapse leads to a fatal fall in the Brevent couloir
A Spanish parapenter has sadly died yesterday in the Brevent couloir.
Just after take off from Planpraz, air turbulence is said to have caught his wing and made it partially collapse. The man was unable to recover and got into a spin, then fell into the Brevent couloir.
Other parapenters at the take off point called rescue services, but sadly the man was unable to be saved.
The PGHM told local paper Le Dauphine that they thought proximity to hot rocks and unstable air currents may have been the cause of the accident.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
