Paraglider left dangling 60 metres in the air after getting caught on tower crane

A paraglider was left dangling nearly 60 metres in the air after their parachute tangled on a construction tower crane in southwest China.

The paraglider was falling towards Nanchong, a city in the Sichuan province, yesterday when the strings of their parachute caught in the crane.

A viral video on the Chinese social media platform Weibo shows a person swinging in the air from their parachute to the side of a bridge.

The incident happened on the banks of the Jialing River along Banzeng Street in Shunqing District, officials told the local paper, Dafeng News.

How long the person was stuck is unclear, with footage taken of the paraglider dangling both in the daytime and at night.

They were stranded for at least an hour, a witness told Beijing News, though some outlets say the rescue operation took several hours.

The parachuter dangled precariously for several hours (Picture: Weibo)

A video taken by a Weibo user captured the moment that firefighters used an aerial ladder to try to rescue the parachuter in the evening.

The woman filming can be heard remarking that ‘many, many people’ are involved.

‘It shook a little,’ they added of the parachuter, with the video showing them swaying in the wind.

The person was rescued in the evening after firefighters worked with the tower crane workers.

They suffered no injuries, the Shunqing District Fire Brigade in Nanchong City said.

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