Overview

• A 32-year-old American paraglider struck the roof of the Vogelhorn-Neunerköpfle cable car station in Tannheim, Tirol, after failing to gain sufficient altitude.
• The collision left the pilot seriously injured, with his wing caught on the station's roof.
• Station employees witnessed the crash, immediately stopped operations, and slowed an incoming gondola to prevent additional risks.
• Rescue efforts by station staff successfully retrieved the pilot, who was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Immenstadt for treatment.
• Authorities are investigating flight dynamics, pilot actions, and environmental factors contributing to this and similar recent paragliding accidents in the region.