Turns out paragliding in clear weather conditions is also not far from danger. On May 23, when 44-year-old Sabrina was paragliding over northern Austria, her peaceful flight turned catastrophic within seconds after a small sightseeing plane suddenly tore through her parachute canopy mid-air.
The aircraft, identified by Sabrina as a Cessna 172, appeared to narrowly miss her before its wing and propeller sliced directly through the paraglider’s canopy, shredding it completely.
Sabrina was sent plunging toward the ground. The dramatic clip captured her desperately trying to deploy her emergency reserve parachute as the remains of the destroyed canopy tangled around her during the fall.
The pilot said that he didn’t have enough time to avoid the collision.
“I still can’t believe that I’m sitting here typing this and apart from a few nasty bruises, nothing really happened,” Sabrina wrote in a caption accompanying the viral footage.
