Index of years Most recent edit for this page: Thursday, 25 October 2012
Fatalities to date for year 2011:
73
incomplete
---as best known, so far--
suspected of being related to crashes
of string-controlled limp-canopy paragliders
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Incident date |
Age | Persons | Sources of information |
Machine involved |
Site | Nation | Gender |
Aviation Experience |
Commentary | |
| 73 persons | CC | Various | Various | Variable | Variable | These may be studied. | ||||
| 23 Sep 2011 Fri | 58 | Hervé Steen | News1 | France | M | Cheiron, FRANCE | ||||
| 14?? Oct 2011 | 40 | Andrew Schepp | Some |
Paraglider (gliding kite) |
USA | M |
Extensive manned gliding-kite experience |
Yet speculative about what actually happened in his flight. | ||
| 14?? Oct 2011 | 25 | Guy Joseph | JC | Paraglider |
Pyrenees mountain range, near the town of Organya |
UK | Details not confirmed. Professional scuba-diving instructor in East Timor; East Finchley man | |||