Paragliding accident: Maha tourist dies in paragliding accident in Kullu | Shimla News

Kullu: In yet another tandem paragliding accident, a tourist from Maharashtra lost his life at Raison in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, India. The deceased was identified as Gautam, 57, a resident of Thane district in Maharashtra. A police official said Gautam was part of a tourist group that had travelled to Manali and reached the nearby village of Raison on Wednesday to try paragliding. The official said Gautam and his pilot fell during take-off. Gautam sustained critical injuries and was admitted to Kullu hospital where doctors declared him dead. The pilot was also injured in the crash but is said to be out of danger. Police have registered the case and handed over the body to the family members on Thursday. A district administration official said the cause of the accident was still being investigated and it was also being checked whether the pilot had a license. In February this year, a tourist from Telangana died when she fell on the slab roof of a house while paragliding in Dobhi village near Manali in Kullu district. Navya, 26, a resident of Zahirabad in Sangareddy district of Telangana, had crashed when her paragliding harness gave way in mid-air, minutes after she took off for a tandem flight. The local administration had temporarily banned paragliding in Dobhi too, one of the most popular and risky paragliding spots in Kullu district. Suraj Shah, a 30-year-old tourist from Maharashtra, had died in similar circumstances on December 24, 2022. He had crashed after his harness gave way in mid-air immediately after taking off for a tandem flight near Dobhi. Earlier, on June 15, 2022, Aditya Sharma, 20, a resident of Ambala, and his pilot Krishan Gopal, 24, a local resident, were killed in a paragliding crash near the launch site in Dobhi.

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