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| Date: | Sunday 11 September 2016 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: | Paramotor |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Matsuhokotsuro, Minami-Awaji city, Hyogo prefecture -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Matsuhokotsuro, Minami-Awaji city |
| Matsuhokotsuro, Minami-Awaji city | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A paramotor crashed on a beach in Minami-Awaji city, Awaji island from an altitude of 30 meters, three minutes after takeoff. The pilot received serious injuries and was unconscious just after the accident, however, he was dead in the hospital 6 hours later.
Sources:
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20160911-00000036-mai-soci
http://www.sankei.com/west/news/160911/wst1609110041-n1.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kobe/2025595851.html?t=1473592034152]
https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/201609/0009478933.shtml
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20160911-00050110-yom-soci
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2016 12:02 | isamuel | Added |
| 14-Sep-2016 13:14 | isamuel | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Sep-2016 19:46 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
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