Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/17
By: Kuo Chih-hsuan and William Yen

Photo courtesy of Pingtung County Bureau of Fire and Emergency Services

Taipei, Dec. 17 (CNA) A certified South Korean paraglider fell approximately 100 meters to his death while paragliding in Pingtung County on Monday.

The Pingtung County Bureau of Fire and Emergency Services said in a statement that the victim is believed to have fallen to the ground at around 3 p.m. before being rushed to the hospital with no vital signs, where he was pronounced dead.

The person who runs the paragliding venue in Sandimen where the accident occurred, Su Pei-lun (蘇沛倫), said the 49-year-old victim surnamed Mun (文) was in the air for around 10-20 minutes when others in the air saw his parachute collapse, causing him to plummet around 100 meters into hillside bushes.    [FULL  STORY]