One person has been found injured after a serious air sports accident in Loen. Several witnesses saw that the person involved had a problem when he was about to take off from the mountain Hoven in Loen. – Observation has been made of a speed glider that had a difficult takeoff from the Loen Skylift, says Dan Erik Johannesen of the police. The person was found in challenging terrain at an altitude of 650 meters and a rescue operation was launched. The rescue helicopter was able to retrieve the person, but the extent of the damage is unknown. Hoven in Loen is a popular area for aerial sports and has claimed several lives in recent years. In 2019, a 20-year-old woman died after a speed glider accident, in 2021 a woman in her 40s died when a base jump went wrong. Loen is a popular area for aerial sports.
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Serious air sports accident in Loen – news Vestland
