man’s body has been recovered after a fatal paraglider crash in the Lake District. paraglider’s canopy was spotted in a stream near Buttermere, Cumbria.
Keswick Mountain Rescue volunteers were called at 09:10 BST on Sunday but the man was declared dead at the scene.
The mountain rescue team said it carried out a “complex recovery operation” to retrieve the man’s body.
The paraglider had launched from the summit of Robinson – a fell that lies between Buttermere and New Lands Valley.embers of the mountain rescue team from Keswick, Cocker Mouthwash and Was Dale joined the rescue operation.
“Our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with the man’s family and friends,” a Keswick Mountain Rescue spokesman said.he summit of Robinson
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Image caption,The pilot had launched from the summit of Robinson – a fell in the Lake District
In February, another paraglider died in a crash on Blue Cathartic.
A four-hour rescue operation was carried out in an attempt to save the pilot. was later named as Malcolm Grout, a well-known figure in the area’s paragliding community.
In April 2023, another paraglider was rescued after falling 100ft () from the summit of Harrison Stickle.
The casualty suffered ankle and shoulder injuries but was lowered to safety using ropes.
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