Four persons met with accident while paragliding rescued safely

Gandaki, June 11: Four persons, including two paragliding pilots, who had fallen into the Phewa Lake at Pokhara Metropolitan City-18 while landing after a paraglide today, were rescued safely.

A disaster management team deputed at Phewa Rescue Tower from the Armed Police Force No. 24 Battalion in Kaski, rescued them. Paragliding pilots Milan Shah and Bishwas Adhikari, as well as paragliders Akalesh Yadav and Chandan Kumar Patel of Banaras of India, were rescued safely, said Superintendent of Police at the Battalion, Surya Prasad Timilsena.

Shah is a pilot with Agni Paragliding, while Adhikari works for Happy Fly Paragliding. They fell into Phewa Lake after the pilots lost control of their paraglide while landing.