Gujarat tourist, 25, falls during take-off, dies in paragliding mishap in Himachal's Dharamshala
The deceased was identified as Satish from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. He was on a tandem flight and fell during take-off along with his pilot who also sustained injuries. This is the second such incident in Dharamshala this year in which a tourist was killed in a paragliding mishap.
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The incident occurred around 3.30 pm on Sunday. Police officials said that the tourist was on a family trip in Dharamshala. The injured tourist was first taken to Zonal Hospital in Dharamshala from where he was referred to Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, in Kangra, where he succumbed to his injuries.
'Paragliding site was not notified'
Kangra district tourism development officer Vinay Dhiman said, 'The preliminary inquiry suggests that the tandem flight's take-off was done from a site which is not notified, which is a complete violation of HP Aero-Sports Rules 2022, and the order of the high court wherein it has been mentioned that no site can be operated without a marshal. Neither this site is notified, nor was there any marshal present there."
He added, "We have asked the district administration to take cognisance of the incident. We have issued show-cause notices to both pilot and the operator and appropriate action will be taken as per the law after their response is received.'
Meanwhile, police officials also said that they are investigating the incident.
Earlier this year, a 19-year-old female tourist also died in a paragliding accident on January 19 while taking off at the Indrunag paragliding site in Dharamshala.
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