Insane Video: Sightseeing Plane Cuts Woman's Paragliding Lines Mid-Air, but She Lives to Tell the Tale
A woman survived a mid-air collision with a sightseeing plane while paragliding over Schmittenhöhe mountain in Austria. The 44-year-old managed to deploy her emergency parachute and landed safely with only minor injuries. She shared her experience on Instagram, expressing disbelief at her survival on her birthday.
- ▪The paraglider was struck by a Cessna piloted by a 28-year-old man during a scenic flight.
- ▪The collision destroyed her paraglider, but she only suffered cuts and bruises.
- ▪Sabrina managed to deploy her reserve parachute and land safely after the incident.
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Insane Video: Sightseeing Plane Cuts Woman's Paragliding Lines Mid-Air, but She Lives to Tell the Tale By Bob Hoge | 6:38 PM on May 24, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/David Vincent Do you think you’d survive if a sightseeing plane cut your paragliding lines mid-air while you were floating thousands of feet above the mountains? I’d say your odds were incredibly bad. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); Amazingly, though, this 44-year-old woman not only survived, but she suffered only cuts and bruises after a plane flew directly at her — missing her head by a few feet at most —…
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