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The Swiss Civil Aviation Authority announced that it would question a hang-gliding pilot after a tourist flew over a scenic landscape of Switzerland, for tens of meters, as his harness was not properly fixed.
A breathtaking video of the incident has attracted more than 3.5 million views on YouTube.
The Sentinel of Orlando reports that Chris Gursky, a resident of North Port Florida, spent his first hang glider exit at a control bar and the pilot's leg after the pilot forgot to tie him up.
The video montage called Swiss Mishap begins with a written introduction, then zooms in on both men, with a note stating that the passenger's harness is not attached.
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The problems started immediately after takeoff when Gursky realized that he was not attached to the craft.
He ended up holding the control bar with his left hand and the pilot with his right hand for most of the flight for two minutes and 14 seconds.
The pilot held Gursky's harness with his left hand while moving with the right.
The glider was sometimes hundreds of meters off the ground while it was moving from the top of a mountain.
CHRIS GURSKY
A breathtaking video of the free flight incident drew over 3.5 million views.
The spokesman for the Federal Office of Civil Aviation, Antonello Laveglia, said the agency was planning to "reconstruct the events" of the flight and would hear the narrative of the pilot and possibly that of the ############################################################# | Other witnesses.
"Only such information will be used to evaluate possible future actions," he wrote in an e-mail.
Sometimes the paraglider swings, but the pilot finally regains control, sometimes lifting the passenger over the treeline with the mountains and a lake in the background, shows the video.
Towards the end of the four-minute extract, the passenger ejects over a grass field and the pilot lands. The caption states that the passenger suffered a broken wrist that required surgery and that he shows a picture of a man in a hospital bed and an x-ray.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
Christian Boppart, director of the Swiss Hang gliding Association, said that he knew who the pilot was, but that he wanted to respect his privacy because the authorities would seize the matter.
"The pilot knew that he had made a terrible mistake, but he then made a good rescue," Boppart said by phone. "The first lesson is that you check before you start that everything is fine and everyone is attached."
Switzerland attracts millions of tourists each for its bucolic alpine panoramas, outdoor activities and other attractions.
Boppart said that serious injuries related to hand theft in Switzerland were rare.
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