Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 38
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 18. 03. 2014
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
- Italy › South Tyrol › Merano (Punta Cervina)
Equipment
- Wing:
- —
- Wing size:
- —
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Florian Haller
- Age:
- 33
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Italian
- Experience level:
- —
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Launch Failure
Description
A 33 year old Speed-Flyer suffered a fatal crash on Punta Cervina at approx 2000m. During take-off, a line from the glider got locked in a hook of his ski boots and he crashed down in a steep couloir below the launch site.
http://www.ilgazzettino.it/NORDEST/P...e/580312.shtml
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