POKHARA, Oct 18: In the second week of December 2020, Raju Gaire, 38, died in a paragliding accident in Pokhara. Even before Raju, there were occasional paragliding accidents in the skies of Pokhara, but all of them were solo or trainee accidents. However, Raju had an accident during a tandem (passenger) flight, which was the first incident in which a pilot died in a tandem flight accident.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: A paragliding athlete participating in the 9th National Games has died during the game.