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FCDO Warns Tenerife Tourists on Paragliding Risk After Fatal Crash

Local authorities are investigating the tandem accident that killed 28-year-old Italian tourist Cristina Colturi.

Overview

  • UK travel guidance reiterates that paragliding is an extreme sport with risk of serious injury or death and urges proper instruction and distancing from landing zones.
  • Cristina Colturi died in hospital two days after a tandem flight crashed in a rocky area near La Enramada in Costa Adeje.
  • Emergency crews revived her from cardiac arrest on the beach before she was taken to Our Lady of Candelaria University Hospital in Santa Cruz.
  • The instructor suffered non-life-threatening injuries and received treatment at South Tenerife Hospital, according to reports.
  • An official inquiry into the cause is underway, and her family authorised organ donation and arranged her burial in Tenerife.