Paraglider survives a random flight with a height of 8000 m

A Chinese paraglider has survived that he accidentally driven 8,500 m (27,800 feet) in the sky over northwestern China, a state media report.

Pen Eudzhiang, 55, tested new equipment at 3,000 m above sea level, above the cylinder mountains, when a rare upward or air current known as “cloud sucking” pulled it at about 5,000 m higher in a cloud formation.

The Saturday events were filmed on a camera that was mounted on the glider of G -P Pen and the footage became viral after being published on Douyin, the Chinese version of Tiktok.

He showed that G -P Pen is held on the controls of the glider, with his face and a large part of his body covered with ice crystals.

“It was horrifying … Everything was white. I couldn’t see any direction. Without the compass, I wouldn’t know which path I was going. I thought I was flying straight, but in reality I was spinning,” he told China Media Group.

Pen Pen survived the death, as the oxygen levels are thin at this altitude, which is slightly smaller than 8 849 m on the peak of Mount Everest. Temperatures can also be lowered to -40C.

“I wanted to get off quickly, but I just couldn’t. I was lifted higher and higher until I was inside the cloud,” he said.

Mr Penn, who in the four-and-a-half-year paraglider, said he may have lost his mind during his descent, adding that the most frightening part of his ordeal tries to regain control of the glider as he stops in the air.

Chinese authorities are investigating the incident and Mr Penn has been stopped for six months as the flight has been unauthorized, State Global Times reported.

Pen Pen had no intention of flying this day, and only tested the fit and comfort of his parachute on the ground, Global Times said.

The strong winds, however, lifted him from the ground and became even more strong until he came across the surge that fired him in the clouds.