A dramatic video has gone viral showing 55-year-old Chinese paraglider Peng Yujiang being unexpectedly lifted to a staggering altitude of 8,598 metres over China’s Qilian Mountains, due to a rare weather phenomenon known as “cloud suck.” The extreme incident has captured widespread attention online. Peng was testing secondhand paragliding gear at around 3,000 metres when a powerful updraft carried him nearly 5,000 metres higher. He endured extreme conditions, including -40°C temperatures and dan
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Chinese paraglider pilot Liu, yesterday set a new record for the highest altitude reached by a human-powered paraglider in autonomous flight, reaching 8,589 meters above sea level, including the complete flight path. | 张乾旻
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A freak updraft over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau lifted Chinese Paraglider Peng Yujiang nearly nine kilometers in minutes — and the entire flight was caught on camera. Screenshots from Peng’s GPS flight tracker show he took off at 12:19 p.m. from the Qilian Mountains, an area that hosts a government-backed paragliding base. Roughly 20 minutes after takeoff, Peng was caught in what experts call “cloud suck” — a rare and dangerous phenomenon in paragliding where strong updrafts inside a cumulonimb
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A 55-year-old Chinese paraglider shared his extraordinary survival story with China Media Group (CMG) on Tuesday after being unexpectedly lifted by a powerful updraft into the upper atmosphere during a flight over the Qilian Mountains – reaching an altitude of 8,598 meters without oxygen, and narrowly escaping death. 📰What is cloud suck, the phenomenon behind the paraglider incident? https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-28/What-is-cloud-suck-the-phenomenon-behind-the-paraglider-incident--1DJVzwUz
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Recently, a Chinese paraglider reportedly survived an 8,000-metre flight while testing new equipment in northwest China. According to the 55-year-old paraglider Peng Yujiang, he started soaring at 3,000 metres above sea level before a strong air current pulled him another 5,000 metres higher into the clouds. While he came out the scene unscathed, Peng was eventually suspended for six months for flying without authorisation. Authorities are currently investigating the incident. Follow to never mi
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