Jose de Alencar Lima Junior died while attempting a speed fly — an air sport similar to paragliding — at Pedra Bonita in Sao Conrado, Brazil, on Sunday morning, according to the news agency newsX.

An Irish tourist escaped with minor injuries after the paraglider she was travelling in was forced to make an emergency landing on a busy road in the Peruvian capital of Lima. In the incident ...

After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months. By Ephrat Livni A ...