Yuan Hong Li · Speed Flying Fatality List

Incident

ID:

SFFL 10

Incident category:

Speed Flying Fatality List

Date:

24. 03. 2009

Time:

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Cause of death:

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Launch site:

France › Haute-Savoie › Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Other incidents at this location: SFFL 32, SFFL 60, SFFL 62, SFFL 66, SFFL 70, SFFL 72, SFFL 111, SFFL 114

Equipment

Wing:

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Safety devices:

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Personal

Name:

Yuan Hong Li

Age:

Weight:

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Gender:

Male

Nationality:

Chinese

Experience level:

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Experience description:

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Time on wing:

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Circumstances

Conditions:

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Factors:

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Description

Yuan Hong Li 48, died on Sunday, following a speed riding accident on the Aiguille du Midi. He took off from the ridge above the Frendo spur and flew.... It was his friends who had alerted the PGHM Chamonix, late Sunday afternoon, anxious not to see him return.

PGHM conducted a reconnaissance flight to find the speed rider. His body lifeless at the foot of the north face of the Aiguille du Midi. "He probably made a wrong manoeuvre halfway down and struck the face" said a rescuer of PGHM.

http://yuanhongliblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/2009-05-27.htm