A THREE-year-old has been left orphaned after a paraglider carrying her mother and father crashed throughout a tandem flight.
Paragliding and scuba teacher Luan Calor Cannelas Gomes da Silva, 29, and his ex-partner Vanessa do Nascimento Alves, died after the tragic accident in Brazil.
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The pair had been paragliding in Niteroi Metropolis Park, which overlooks Guanabara Bay within the Atlantic Ocean, on August 8.
The previous couple had been separated however had a three-year-old daughter collectively.
They had been reportedly on good phrases, and Luan had invited her to hitch him for the flight.
Footage taken after the crash confirmed rescue groups looking out steep, wooded terrain for the victims.
Firefighters had been seen shifting rigorously over the hillside as a helicopter hovered overhead.
The Rio de Janeiro State Navy Hearth Division stated they had been referred to as at 12:57pm and an ambulance was despatched to Charitas Seashore.
Each mother and father had been tragically pronounced lifeless on the scene.
5 days earlier, Luan had posted photos of himself making the identical bounce from the Niteroi Metropolis Park ramps with not less than two different folks.
Pals described him as a cautious and cautious pilot who prevented flying in poor circumstances.
Following the accident, all actions on paragliding ramps within the native space had been suspended.
Roads to the launch web site had been closed and indicators had been put up reminding guests to rent pilots accredited by authorities.
Cops are nonetheless probing the circumstances of the accident.
It comes after a Brit vacationer died in a horror paragliding crash in Turkey after his parachute failed in April.
The 22-year-old man leapt from a 6,500ft cliff on the well-known Babadag spot in Oludeniz with a pilot, who additionally died.
In August 2022, chilling footage captured the second a paraglider plummeted 130ft to his loss of life after spinning mid-air.
Alexandre Pereira Alves, 26, was participating in a apply flight when he encountered an issue earlier than plunging to the bottom in a tragic crash.
The horrifying incident occurred within the space of Vila Nova in Paraiba, Brazil.
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