A Chinese language paraglider who was by chance propelled greater than 8,000 metres excessive by an updraft has been banned from the exercise for six months after a video of his ordeal went viral.
Peng Yujiang started from an elevation of about 3,000m within the Qilian mountain vary in northern China, the place he meant to check a brand new second-hand gear buy with out making a correct flight, in keeping with an investigative report by the Gansu Provincial Aviation Sports activities Affiliation.
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