A woman has been seriously injured after she and another paraglider became tangled after a mid-air collision.
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The woman, in her 50s, was paragliding on the afternoon of December 22 in southern Queensland, on Noosa North Shore, when the two crashed.
They fell 30 metres onto a sand cliff after it's believed their paraglider canopies became "intertwined", emergency response agency LifeFlight said.
A group of paragliders, who were flying with them, landed on the beach and "raced back up the cliff to assist", LifeFlight said.
The woman was found by first responders suffering serious back and abdominal injuries.
The other paraglider, a man in his 60s, landed safely and was not injured in the fall.
An off-duty Australian Defence Force doctor who was on the scene gave the woman first aid, LifeFlight said.
She was airlifted in a helicopter to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital after being stabilised, the emergency rescue service said.
Anna Houlahan
Anna Houlahan reports on crime and social issues affecting regional and remote Australia in her role as national crime reporter at Australian Community Media (ACM). She was ACM’s Trainee of the Year in 2023 and, aside from reporting on crime, has travelled the country as a journalist for Explore Travel Magazine. Reach out with news or updates to anna.houlahan@austcommunitymedia.com.au
