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The pilot was hanging upside down over the runway at a height of around 15 meters.
His umbrella was caught in the cable of the material cable car.
© Bergwacht Lenggries
A flight error led to an operation at Brauneck on Sunday.
It was necessary to hurry because a 65-year-old paraglider pilot was hanging upside down on the cable of a material cable car above the slope.
Lenggries – The mountain rescue service had to go to the Brauneck ski area on Sunday to rescue a paraglider pilot.
The 65-year-old from Dießen (Landsberg am Lech district) got his umbrella caught in the steel cable of the material cable car between Florihütte and Brauneck mountain station after a flying error.
The pilot was hanging almost upside down about 15 meters above the ground and was in danger of crashing.
“Any movement could have led to a crash,” says the mountain rescue service
The mountain rescue service was alerted at around 11:30 a.m.
“The man was not secured because the umbrella had practically only wrapped around the rope once”;
explains Georg Ainiger, press spokesman for the Lenggrieser Bergwacht.
“Any movement could have led to a crash.”
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In addition to the team on duty in the ski area, additional forces including an operations manager from Lenggries were deployed.
A rescue helicopter was also called in to bring material, emergency doctors and mountain rescuers from the valley to the scene because the rescue had to be done quickly.
The helpers who were already on the mountain closed off the piste and laid out impact mats at the scene of the accident to somewhat mitigate a fall in an emergency.
Mountain rescuer works his way up to the pilot on the rope
Meanwhile, a mountain rescuer worked his way from the mountain station to the pilot on the material cable car.
Over 200 meters had to be overcome.
But the mountain rescue service regularly practices just such a scenario.
When he arrived at Dießener, the man was first secured and then brought back to the ground.
Fortunately, he was not injured, reports Aininger.
“After he was taken to the valley, he was able to go home.”
The volunteer work was over at around 3 p.m.
The pilot got caught about 200 meters away from the mountain station.
© Bergwacht Lenggries