- Daniela Barrios suffered a fatal fall after slipping from her paragliding seat during a flight in the Colombian department of Quindío on Saturday.
- The 27-year-old had no vital signs when she was found by a search and rescue unit and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Calarcá firefighters said the accident was under investigation.
A woman’s paragliding flight to conquer her fears ended in tragedy when she slipped from her seat mid-flight and fell to her death in a Colombian forest.
Daniela Barrios, 27, uploaded a photo to her social media account before the deadly flight and informed friends and family that she was finally ready to overcome her phobia of flying.
“Join me on my crazy days,” the caption read. “Let’s overcome a fear. »
Barrios and the pilot took off on Saturday afternoon from the El Castillo mountain, in the municipality of Quidío, in Calarcá, and during the flight they fell from their seats while flying over the Pradera Alta trail, according to the firefighters of Calarcá.
Daniela Barrios died on Saturday in Quindío, Colombia, after falling from a paraglider in mid-flight.
Before her tragic paragliding flight, Daniela shared a photo of herself on social media with a message that read: ‘Join me on my follies. Let’s overcome a fear’
It takes search and rescue teams nearly nine hours to locate the body of Daniela Barrios in a wooded area of Calarcá
The pilot, whose name has not been released, was unable to stop and continued flying until he could land.
A witness saw her fall from the paraglider and immediately called for help.
A search and rescue mission was launched around 3 p.m. and ended around midnight when firefighters located Barrios’ body.
She had no vital signs when she was found and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Daniela Barrios leaves behind a seven-year-old son. The 27-year-old died on Saturday after falling from a paraglider in Quindío, Colombia.
Search and rescue unit secures lifeless body of Daniela Barrios after locating the 27-year-old in the forest
“Apparently the young woman slipped from the seat where the co-pilot is sitting,” said the commander of the Calarcá fire brigade, Captain Javier Arconde, quoted by the newspaper El Tiempo.
“The pilot had to follow her route because he had no way of stopping, he managed to land well but she fell.”
Barrios, owner of a lingerie line, leaves behind a seven-year-old son.
Arconde said the cause of the accident remains under investigation.
