Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 27
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 21. 02. 2012
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
- Switzerland › Grisons (Graubünden) › St. Moritz (Corviglia)
Equipment
- Wing:
- —
- Wing size:
- —
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Unknown Pilot
- Age:
- 57
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Swiss
- Experience level:
- —
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Launch Failure
Description
The 57-year-old Speed flyer pilot crashed above St. Moritz. He started his flight alone from the official paragliding ramp on Corviglia, then lost control of his glider and fell about twenty feet directly on the ski slope. Upon impact, he received such severe injuries that he died at the crash site.
http://www.polizeinews.ch/57+jaehrig...627/detail.htm
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama...story/24902484