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Caught on cam: Austrian paraglider’s miraculous escape after being hit by plane mid-air
Updated On: 25 May, 2026 04:56 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In a heart-stopping mid-air incident, 44-year-old Austrian paraglider Sabrina narrowly escaped death after a sightseeing Cessna plane smashed into her canopy near Schmittenhöhe mountain in Austria. The dramatic first-person video shows her spiraling out of control before she successfully deployed her emergency parachute

As the plane struck her canopy, Sabrina can be heard screaming in panic as she immediately lost control and began spiraling violently towards the ground. PIC/X
In a dramatic and terrifying mid-air incident captured on camera, a 44-year-old Austrian woman named Sabrina narrowly escaped death after a small sightseeing plane smashed through her paraglider canopy in northern Austria,, according to the New York Post.
The heart-stopping first-person footage, posted by Sabrina on Instagram, shows the terrifying moment the plane plowed directly into her rig just feet above her head while she was flying near the scenic Schmittenhöhe mountain on Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred in the popular paragliding area near Zell am See and Piesendorf.
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