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Published 09:35, 10 May 2021

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Federico Baratto, an Italian hang gliding champion and professional tandem hang glider pilot has died in a tragic accident in the Italian Alps. (H3)

Federico, 51, died on Saturday 8 May after falling from his tandem hang glider shortly after launching in Borso del Grappa, Italy. He had not clipped in.

According to local news reports, Baratto launched with a 28-year-old non-pilot female passenger shortly before 2.30pm.

Within seconds he slipped from the prone position to hanging from the base bar by his arms. Seconds after that he dropped, leaving the pilotless hang glider and its passenger to crash into the forested hillside moments later.

Emergency crews were called to scene at about 2.30pm, and a mountain rescue helicopter was despatched from Treviso. A mountain rescue technician was lowered into the forest canopy by winch and secured the woman passenger, later lowering her to the ground where a medical team was waiting. She was later admitted to hospital but it is reported she did not suffer any serious injuries.

Baratto’s body was found at about 5.30pm. He had fallen from “several hundred metres” according to La Notizia, a local news website, and had died on impact.

Baratto had been a hang gliding instructor since 1994 and a qualified tandem pilot for 22 years.

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Sandie Cochepain, double World Champion, double European Champion, and four times French Champion, has joined Team Ozone. Sandie’s focus is no longer on the international competition scene so her energies are now directed to teaching, leading flying tours, and adventure flying around the world. Sandie is a an accomplished para-alpinist with many ascents to her credit in the Himalayas and the Alps, and she is currently flying an Ozone Geo XS.

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