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.

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

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

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.

A man in Yunnan, China, filmed stunning rainbow-colored clouds above Yulong Snow Mountain on April 28, 2025. The shimmering hues created a magical, fairy-tale-like atmosphere at an altitude of 4,680 ...

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 – ...

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 ...