SECONDS FROM DEATH
Chilling vid reveals moment paraglider plunges from the sky in ‘certain death’ fall before life-saving move
A CHILLING video has revealed the moment a paraglider plunged from the sky in a "certain death" fall - before making a life-saving move.
Yanis Teriz, 35, plummeted 2,500ft after the wing on his paramotor malfunctioned but managed to untangle his parachute with moments to spare.
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The daredevil thrill-seeker was paramotoring - powered paragliding - in Itatiba, Brazil, when a tear in his wing caused him to spin out of control.
Dramatic footage shows the malfunction sends him hurtling towards the earth.
He then throws out his emergency chute and it gets tangled in his paragliding lines.
Teriz stays calm enough to untangle the wires - despite falling at hundreds of miles an hour - and manages to successfully redeploy the parachute.
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Teriz, who has been paramotoring for ten years, said: "I have done many flights and that is the closest I have come to certain death.
"In the past I have had small incidents like emergency landings but nothing like this.
"I was falling through the sky at a rapid pace, and if I did not manage to untangle the parachute I would not be speaking to you right now.
"I have learnt a valuable lesson from the experience but it didn't stop me from going out straight after for my next flight!"
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In March, a tourist at Las Gaviotas beach in Mazatlan, Mexico, was caught falling from the sky after his paragliding harness broke mid-air.
The clip starts with three people assisting the man as he is being pulled forward by a boat.
He can be seen quickly rising into the air, reaching around 16 feet before his harness snaps.
The paraglider, reportedly from Durango, quickly comes crashing down to the beach.
According to local media, the crash left him hospitalised with several fractures.
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