Crashed Canadian paraglider's body brought to Kangra; Austrian rescued

Dharamshala/Shimla (HP), Oct 21 (PTI) The body of the 27-year-old Canadian paraglider who had crashed into the Dhauladhar mountain range has been brought to Kangra, officials said on Tuesday.

Megan Elizabeth Roberts had taken a solo flight from Bir Billing on Saturday.

A search operation was mounted based on the coordinates she had sent through her satellite phone.

At length, a team on foot reached the crash site at 13,000 feet, where it found the paraglider dead.

Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Shilpi Beakta said Roberts' body would be handed over to her family members after a post-mortem at Tanda Medical College.

An investigation will be launched into the reasons behind the crash, she said.

The paraglider was brought down to 10,000 feet to be airlifted after a chopper failed to land at the site of the crash, Baijnath Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sankalp Gautam had told PTI on Monday.

Meanwhile, another stranded paraglider was rescued from the same mountain range.

Austrian paraglider Jacob Krammer, stranded near Dehanasar in the Chhota Bhangal area of Kangra, was rescued by a team of Billing Paragliding Association (BPA) and local administration on Tuesday.

Jacob had gone missing on Monday after taking off from Billing. He was rescued with the help of a chopper and admitted to a hospital for medical check, officials said.

Earlier, in July, a 27-year-old tourist from Gujarat, Satish, died after sustaining serious injuries when he crashed in the Indru Nag area of Dharamshala in Kangra.

In January, Ahmedabad resident Bhavsar Khushi died after falling while taking off on a tandem flight at the same paragliding site. PTI COR BPL VN VN