A paragliding instructor and a tourist made a bad maneuver during a flight and ended up tangled in medium and low voltage cables.
Two paragliders got tangled this Saturday with medium and low voltage cables and left no light to three thousand people in the city of Bariloche, in the province of Río Negro. The curious accident happened in the morning and, fortunately, there were no fatalities.
The protagonists of the accident are a paragliding instructor and a tourist. While they were flying through the Rio Negro city, a bad maneuver caused them to get tangled in some electricity cables. This caused three thousand residents in the Otto Hill area to be left without electricity, according to the Bariloche Electricity Cooperative (CEB).
To rescue the paragliders, several people specialized in these cases had to be mobilized. A group of people went there. Melipal Volunteer Firefighters, an ambulance from the Ramón Carrillo hospital and members of the provincial police.
After the rescue, a CEB crew worked for hours to restore electricity service. He then issued a harsh statement criticizing the instructor’s recklessness. “Hitting electrical networks not only puts the lives of pilots and passengers at risk.but also generates massive interruptions in the electricity supply, affecting thousands of people,” he stated.
Given this fact, the CEB asked other instructors to take special care on future excursions. “ANDIt is essential to maintain a safety height above electrical installations, especially medium and low voltage lines,” he asked.
Fires in Bariloche: the fire has already consumed 1,500 hectares
The sources of the fire were identified in the Strict Reserve regionin the vicinity of Lake Los Manzanos in the southern part of the Nahuel Huapi National Park. After several hours of work to control the incident, the fire has already affected approximately 1,500 natural hectares.
According to the authorities, More than 50 specialists are working to contain the fire. According to a statement issued by National Parks Argentinathe affected area would be an area that would not be used by the public and that presents difficulties in fighting the fire because it is located in a sector characterized by having a humid forest that is difficult to access.
It is believed that the start of the fire is not related to human intervention but could have been caused by a electrical storm that affected the Nahuel Huapi Park on December 16.
Source: Ambito
David William is a talented author who has made a name for himself in the world of writing. He is a professional author who writes on a wide range of topics, from general interest to opinion news. David is currently working as a writer at 24 hours worlds where he brings his unique perspective and in-depth research to his articles, making them both informative and engaging.
