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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - BEIJING — A Chinese paraglider has survived being accidentally propelled 8,500m (27,800ft) into the sky above north-west China, state media report.
Peng Yujiang, 55, was testing new equipment at 3,000m above sea level, over the Qilian mountains, when a rare updraft or air current known as a "cloud suck" pulled him about 5,000m higher into a cloud formation.
Saturday's events were filmed on a camera that was mounted on Peng's glider and the footage has gone viral after being posted on Douyin, China's version of TikTok.
It showed Peng holding on to the glider's controls, with his face and much of his body covered in ice crystals.
"It was terrifying... Everything was white. I couldn't see any direction. Without the compass, I wouldn't have known which way I was going. I thought I was flying straight, but in reality, I was spinning," he told China Media Group.
Peng narrowly survived death as oxygen levels are thin at that altitude, which is slightly lower than the 8,849m peak of Mount Everest. Temperatures can also plummet to -40C.
"I wanted to come down quickly, but I just couldn't. I was lifted higher and higher until I was inside the cloud," he said.
Peng, who has been paragliding for four-and-a-half years, said he might have lost consciousness during his descent, adding that the most frightening part of his ordeal was trying to regain control of the glider as it spiraled in the air.
Chinese authorities are investigating the incident and Peng has been suspended for six months because the flight was unauthorized, state-run Global Times reported.
Peng had no intention to fly that day and was only testing the fit and comfort of his parachute on the ground, Global Times said.
However, strong winds lifted him off the ground and grew even stronger, until he encountered the updraft that shot him up into the clouds. — BBC
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