Breathtaking flight: the first glider stands for life after the pilot forgot to attach it to the craft

A man who did hang gliding for the first time had to hang on a metal bar for more than two minutes when his pilot forgot to hang him on the glider, as showed a breathtaking sequence.

The terrifying clip of Chris Gursky's first day of vacation in Switzerland was shared on YouTube – after the fun activity has become an "imminent death experience," reports Daily Mail.

The photographer and the parts manager had to "stay alive" during the trip he filmed, and later called Swiss Mishap.

After taking off from the edge of a mountain at 1219 m altitude, Gursky had to hang for two minutes and 14 seconds, the pilot desperately trying to steer with one hand.

A few seconds after Gursky and the pilot took off, they realized that he was not tied up.

Gursky firmly grabbed a metal bar with his left hand and held his back straight with the instructors sliding over the trees and fields.

The pilot did his best to shoot them down but had difficulty controlling the glider and they flew over more trees and climbed higher.

At the start of their descent, Gursky clung to the pilot's leg but began to lose his grip on the metal bar.

Finally, he was close enough to let go.

He tore the tendon of the left bicep and had to be operated on the right wrist after a fracture of the distal radius caused by a fall to the ground.

Gursky said, "My weight was brought down and I found myself hooked for life.

"I remember looking down and thinking: that's it, I was losing the grip of my right hand, I was holding a strap on the driver's right shoulder. He was trying to make a bee line to the landing field as he knew situation could bring.

"My left hand was on the crossbar that was finally the landing gear, with one wheel on each side .While we were going to land warm, I was slowly losing my grip with my right hand while I was rocking at wind the glider.

"The driver grabbed my hand, but as in the movies, it was a slow slippage of the grip until my right hand slipped and I felt it. grab another strap on the left side a little later.

"I ended up holding the helm with the left hand and the bottom of his leg with the right as we approached the ground, landing warm and I was under the landing gear.

"When I sat down, I knew something was wrong and I saw that my wrist was broken.

"For two minutes and fourteen seconds, I had to hang for life! The landing was difficult, but I lived to tell the story."

"On impact, my right wrist suffered a fracture of the distal radius, which required surgery.

"A titanium plate and seven screws were installed and I was released the next afternoon." I also ripped off my tendon from the left biceps for so long. . "

Despite his terrifying ordeal, Gursky congratulated the pilot and even said that he would try the hang glider flight again.

He said: "While the pilot made a critical mistake in our pre-flight preparation by not staring at the glider, he did everything to get me to the ground as quickly as possible while grabbing my hand.

"I'll go hang gliding again because I did not take advantage of my first flight."