Indoda ikwimeko emaxongo emva kokutsalwa kumgama ongama-20m ukuhla kwithambeka yiparaglider eQueenstown izolo.
Indoda yaseBritane eneminyaka engama-74 ubudala ikhweliswe ngenqwelomoya kwisibhedlele saseDunedin phezolo inomonzakalo omandundu entloko emva kokuwa malunga ne-20m ematyeni ngelixa ibizama ukunduluka kwinqwelomoya yeparagliding ngaphezulu kweQueenstown.
Imeko yakhe yachazwa nguSt John njengemaxongo phezolo, enemikrwelo ebanzi yobuso kunye nokudumba.
Umanejala womsebenzi wesithili saseSt John Central Otago uPeter Grayland uthe i-ambulensi ibizwe malunga no-1.30pm kwingozi eseBobs Peak, ngaphezulu kweQueenstown.
Abasebenzi basebenzise i-gondola ukufikelela kule ndoda kwaye bakwazi ukuyikhupha ngoncedo lwabanye abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abathathu, utshilo.
Bandula ke basebenzisa i<em>gondola ukubuyisela le ndoda yenzakeleyo kwinqwelo yezigulana eyayilindile ezantsi endulini, waza wasiwa esibhedlele ukuze anyangwe.
Isithethi seG Force uGuy McIntyre uthe abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abathathu, kubandakanywa nomqhubi wenqwelomoya obandakanyekayo, bakhaphe le ndoda kwiSibhedlele sesiThili saseLakes kunye nomfazi wayo.
Le ndoda yakhubeka yawa ngexesha lokunduluka phambi kokuba iparaglider ivuthelwe ngokupheleleyo kunye nesantya esaneleyo sokubhabha, yatsho. “Umqhubi wenqwelomoya uye wabhabha wayirhuqa,” utshilo. "Umqhubi wenqwelomoya wenze konke okusemandleni akhe."
Indoda yawela ngaphakathi kweemfuno zokhuseleko lobunzima kodwa yayinzima kunomqhubi wenqwelo-moya, watsho.
Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya wayengonzakalanga yaye izixhobo zazingonakalanga, kuquka nesigcina-ntloko sendoda.
I-G Force Paragliding “yenziwe ngokutsha” iQueenstown Commercial Paragliding Ltd, eyayibandakanyeka kwisiganeko sika-2001 xa intwazana eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala yaseChristchurch yashiywa ikwimeko emaxongo emva kokuphuma kwintambo yokubopha intambo yaza yaziphosa kumhlaba ongezantsi. .
Umnumzana McIntyre uthe ingxelo ngesi siganeko iza kufakwa kwi-Southern Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club.
Umqhubi wenqwelomoya weG Force uThomas Rold uthe iinqwelomoya ziye zayekiswa imini yonke kodwa oko kungenxa yomoya onamandla endaweni yengozi.
“Umqhubi wenqwelomoya ngokuqinisekileyo uphazamisekile njengoko sonke sinjalo,” utshilo. "Ngoko ke asinakukhathazeka kancinci ngekhefu."
Omnye umqhubi wenqwelo-moya, ongathandanga kuchazwa ngegama, wancedisa ekubuyiseni le ndoda emva kokuwa. Uthi ixhoba lalisele lisazi ngethuba kufika abasebenzi beAmbulensi.
Amapolisa ayaphanda ngesi sehlo.
