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Paraglider in hospital after crash on Isle of Arran Paraglider in hospital after crash on Arran
(about 11 hours later)
A man who was stranded on a cliff after a mid-air collision with a fellow paraglider has been airlifted to hospital. A paraglider is in hospital after a mid-air collision left him dangling unconscious from a cliff on Arran.
The man crashed in to the cliff at Catacol on the Isle of Arran following the collision and was left injured in an inaccessible position. The injured man, who is in his 20s, was rescued by members of Arran Mountain Rescue Team who abseiled down a cliff at Catacol to reach him.
The collision happened at around 16:00 BST on Saturday above the island. He was flown to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow by a Royal Navy helicopter. His injuries are "non-life threatening", police said.
The injured man was flown to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital at about 20:30 BST after being rescued. The other male paraglider managed to land safely and was said to be well.
The other paraglider managed to land following the collision. The collision between the two paragliders happened at about 16:00 on Saturday, sparking a huge rescue operation.
A rescue operation was launched involving the Arran Coastguard Rescue Team, a Royal Navy Rescue Helicopter and Arran Mountain Rescue team. Police Scotland and the Scottish Air Ambulance service also attended the scene. The Royal Navy helicopter from nearby Prestwick in Ayrshire was scrambled but crew decided that if they went in too close they could blow the victim off the cliff.
The condition of the injured paraglider, who is in his 20s, is not known. Instead, they collected the Arran Mountain Rescue team and dropped them off at the top of the cliff above the paraglider.
The scene of the crash is at the top of the island in the Firth of Clyde, about 16 miles north-west of Brodick, in a spot popular with paragliders. The accident happened in good weather.
Ryan Gray, of Belfast Coastguard which co-ordinated the rescue, said the operation had been a "difficult multi-agency job".
"At 3.56pm, we received a report from Police Scotland about two paragliders who had been involved in a mid-air collision.
"One managed to land safely but the other crashed into the cliff. He was unconscious for a little while, hanging from the cliff by his wires.
"Due to the fact that he was hanging from his parachute, it was decided it was not a good idea for the helicopter to go in and try to winch him up. He could have been blown off the cliff."