A paraglider successful China has survived an unexpected ascent to 28,208 feet successful the aerial without oxygen aft being caught successful a almighty updraft, according to an relationship told to Chinese Central Television (CCTV).
Peng Yujiang, an experienced paraglider, said helium had been conducting a regular trial of instrumentality conscionable nether 10,000 feet supra the oversea successful northwest China's Gansu Province.
"After a while, the upwind abruptly picked up and lifted maine into the air. I tried to onshore arsenic soon arsenic possible, but I failed," Peng told CCTV
The 55-year-old antheral had recovered himself trapped wrong a cumulonimbus unreality system, successful a improvement described arsenic "cloud suck", wherever beardown updraft currents transportation paragliders to dramatically precocious altitudes.
Peng Yujiang was covered successful crystal during the incidental which saw him lifted much than 28,000 feet into the aerial without oxygen
CCTV
"It was terrifying -- everything astir maine was white. I thought I was flying straight, but successful reality, I was spinning," Peng told CCTV.
He climbed to an altitude of 28,208 feet, which is astir arsenic precocious arsenic Mount Everest, the highest upland supra oversea level successful the world.
Footage from the flight's 360-degree camera shows the paraglider flying done heavy clouds arsenic crystal forms astir his exposed look and equipment. Although Peng appears calm successful the video, helium admitted successful an interrogation with CCTV that the occurrence was profoundly frightening.
"It's inactive frightening to deliberation about. I'm not definite astir the future, but for present I decidedly won't alert for a while," helium said.
He was handed a six-month formation suspension, arsenic the formation tract and airspace had not been approved successful advance.
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