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Alejandro Rodriguez Fernandez, the brother of acro paragliding stars Raul and Felix, has died following a paragliding accident in Spain. He was 26.

According to Spanish news reports Alejandro died on Sunday 28 March after an accident at his home site of Chinchilla, near Albacete in southern Spain. The same reports say he was there with his family, celebrating his mother’s birthday.

Alejandro was taken by emergency helicopter to the general hospital in Albacete suffering from multiple injuries, but died later on Monday morning.

Alejandro had flown since he was 15-years-old and came from a family steeped in the sport. His father runs a paragliding school in Albacete while his brothers and cousin, Horacio Llorens, are acro stars.

He won a team gold in the first World Acro Championships in 2007 and was ranked 26th in the world when he died.

An inquiry into the accident is expected.

Separately, in the north of the country, an ex-pat British paraglider pilot died after landing in the sea near the small fishing village of Orio on Saturday 27 March.

Keith Duffy, 53, was an experienced pilot who had lived locally for several years and taught English in San Sebastian. According to reports a witness to the accident tried to reach him but was forced back by the waves.

Keith’s body was eventually recovered from the sea by police helicopter and he was pronounced dead at the scene

Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported that Keith’s friend, Jose Mateos, said he was “an extremely popular guy”.

“We’re devastated by what’s happened,” he said. “He wasn’t a person who took risks. We won’t know for sure what happened until the investigation is complete.”

Cross Country magazine sends heartfelt condolences to the families of both pilots.

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"The accident happened when Alex tried a Mistyflip and it went wrong (he twisted and entered a spin). He was just too low to either recover the glider or deploy the reserve. That's what his brother Raul told us.
The site (Chinchilla) is a low hill near Albacete. You usually don't get much altitude there.
The news have shocked the paragliding community here in Spain. We'll all miss Alex. " ( http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=30837 )

Нека бъде вечен полетът му ...

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