A BRIT tourist has miraculously survived after falling 6,000ft onto rocks in a horrifying paragliding accident.
The unnamed 27-year-old soared off the 1,800m high runway on Badabag Mountain in the popular resort town of Oludeniz, Turkey before plummeting suddenly downwards.
After his gliding chute reportedly failed, he plunged onto the rocks below within moments of taking flight.
Emergency services were called and specialist officers dispatched immediately to recover the stricken tourist.
However, much to everyone's amazement, he had somehow survived the steep fall.
He was rushed to hospital and found to have sustained several fractures.
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Despite the height from which he fell, his condition is miraculously reported not to be life-threatening.
The plucky Brit has defied the statistics according to a report from the National Library of Medicine.
Researchers found that while paragliding has the lowest injury rate of any adventure or extreme sport, when accidents do happen they are more likely to be fatal.
Common injuries related to the sport include lower limb fractures, often of the ankle.
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It comes after another Brit was killed in the same area just last week, also while paragliding.
Frank Lally, 62, smashed into the rocks below the mountain and tragically succumbed to his injuries soon after.
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In a similar incident, a 50-year-old Brit died in a paragliding accident in Spain in September.
However, the circumstances of the accident are not yet known.
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