A 55-year-old paraglider has shared his survival story and video after being unexpectedly lifted by a powerful updraft into the upper atmosphere during a flight over the Qilian Mountains in China.

Death-defying flier says trauma of ordeal has put him off flying as he becomes legend among fellow paragliders.

Chinese authorities are investigating an incident in which a paraglider was sucked into the clouds and carried more than ...

A Chinese paraglider has survived being accidentally propelled 8,500m (27,800ft) into the sky above north-west China, state ...

Liu Ge is an experienced paraglider but he got into difficulty while flying over the Qilian Mountains in northern China when ...

Peng Yujiang, a paraglider who unintentionally set a new world altitude record, has been given a six-month flight suspension.

Bone-chilling viral video shows the moment a Chinese paraglider almost froze to death after he was apparently sucked into the clouds — leaving him stranded roughly 5 miles off the ground and ...

Bone-chilling viral video shows the moment a Chinese paraglider almost froze to death after he said he was sucked into the clouds ... over the Qilian Mountains in northern China on Saturday ...

A 55-year-old paraglider in Gansu province, who miraculously survived after being sucked into a cumulus cloud at an altitude ...

A paraglider pilot in northwest China has been suspended for six months by the Aero Sports Federation of China after being unexpectedly lifted to an altitude of 8,598 meters – higher than Mt Everest – ...

Terrifying footage captured the man becoming trapped in a rare 'cloud suction' during a flight over China on Saturday.

A SHOCKING video shows the terrifying moment a paraglider was sucked five miles into the sky and endured bone-chilling conditions among the clouds. He reportedly became trapped in a rare ...