Video Shows 2 Paragliders in Trouble as Strong Cape Town Winds Pick Up, Forced to Land on Sea Point Main Road

• A video showing two paragliders landing in the middle of Sea Point Main Road in Cape Town has gone viral
• The startling footage shows the two adventures land on the road as the weather appears very gloomy
• It is said that they went slightly off course due to the strong winds and stormy weather, leaving several netizens with many questions

Some people may consider paragliding an extreme sport; however, two Cape Town gliders took it to a whole other level yesterday.

A video showing two paragliders landing in the middle of a busy street in Sea Point has been doing the rounds online, leaving many South Africans baffled by the attempt to do the stunt in unsuitable weather conditions.

Twitter user @ChadSaaiman shared a video from the incident, which he captioned:

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“As I parked in Sea Point now, really hope the people involved are okay. Landing seemed to be managed under the circumstances. Not sure about this being launched/approved with this weather?”

According to News24, the pair went slightly off course due to the famous Cape Town winds and landed on Sea Point Main road.

Ward councillor Nicola Jowell said the tandem paraglider had landed on the pavement and there were no injuries sustained.

Their emergency landing ruffled a few feathers online, with many netizens questioning why they thought it was a good idea to embark on the glide in the first place when strong winds and storm conditions were approaching.

Check out the video and some of the comments below:

@dkfairfield commented:

“Flown that site many times - I can say I’ve seen commercial tandem pilots take off in seriously suspect weather too many times… the problem is that it's money-driven, so they push to get the flight complete and risk safety to do so. Choose your tandem company carefully!”

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@southy_citizen asked:

“There’s lightning and they decided to paraglide? What were they thinking?”

@4irYako replied:

“It's an emergency landing, I don't think it was approved.”

@ross56866868 reacted:

“I watched these guys take off from my house… the weather had been building for over an hour. Lighting, wind gusts. It was very obvious to me that flying would be dangerous. Extremely irresponsible!”

@Gary22k wrote:

“Very poor decision to launch. And probably a succession of poor decisions on the way down. Fly within your limits and fly within the safety envelope! Missed both calls. I assume a very newbie pilot.”

@qikkit said:

“Wait, someone thought it was a good idea to launch into this weather. Welp.”

Light aircraft crash lands on Stellenbosch road, 2 injured

In another article, Briefly News reported that an aeroplane was forced to make an emergency landing on the R44 close to Winery Road near Stellenbosch on Wednesday, 1 June.

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One occupant from the plane sustained serious injuries and another emerged with minor injuries. They were transported to Mediclinic Stellenbosch for treatment.

The two occupants were found still seated among the crashed light aircraft, ER24 paramedics told TimesLIVE. Clips of the incident were shared on social media and the aircraft could be seen gliding just inches above cars on the road.

Source: Briefly News