https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/dangling-experience_paraglider-pilot-temporarily-loses-licence/44837190

The Swiss aviation authorities have suspended the licence of a
hang glider pilot following a harrowing incident with an American tourist last
year.

The Federal Office for Civil Aviation confirmed on Tuesday that the pilot would
lose his licence for two months, but it stopped short of a permanent ban, saying
the pilot’s aptitude was not in question.

The experienced pilot has already been fined of CHF800 ($800) and a criminal
investigation against him is still pending.

The incident occurred last November, when a tourist from the United States on
his first-ever hang glider trip as a passenger found himself not strapped in
properly as the glider left the ground.

The pilot tried an emergency landing on a meadow outside the popular tourist
resort of Interlaken in the Swiss Alps with the passenger hanging on to him.