{"id":33762,"date":"2025-08-11T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33762"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:53:12","slug":"parents-die-in-tandem-paraglider-crash-leaving-three-year-old-girl-orphaned-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=33762","title":{"rendered":"Parents die in tandem paraglider crash, leaving three-year-old girl orphaned | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A three-year-old has been left orphaned after a paraglider carrying her parents crashed during a tandem flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The accident took place in Niteroi City Park, which overlooks <a id=\"mol-6c86a450-76a5-11f0-b96e-2bf90b4395d2\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"\/news\/brazil\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Brazil<\/a>&#8216;s spectacular Guanabara Bay of the Atlantic Ocean, on the afternoon of August 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The two who died were identified as paragliding and scuba instructor Luan Calor Cannelas Gomes da Silva, 29, and his ex-partner Vanessa do Nascimento Alves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although separated, the former couple had a three-year-old daughter together and remained on good terms, with Luan inviting her to join him for the fatal flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Footage taken after the crash shows rescue teams searching steep, wooded terrain for the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Firefighters can be seen moving carefully over the hillside as a helicopter hovers overhead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Rio de Janeiro State Military Fire Department said they were called at 12.57pm and positioned an ambulance at Charitas Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene and their bodies were taken to the Forensic Medical Institute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The two who died were identified as paragliding and scuba instructor Luan Calor Cannelas Gomes da Silva, 29, (pictured, left) and his ex-partner Vanessa do Nascimento Alves (pictured, right)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The accident took place in Niteroi City Park, which overlooks Brazil&#8217;s spectacular Guanabara Bay of the Atlantic Ocean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Five days earlier, Luan had posted images of himself making the same jump from the Niteroi City Park ramps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Five days earlier, Luan had posted images of himself making the same jump from the Niteroi City Park ramps with at least two other people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Friends described him as a careful and cautious pilot who avoided flying in poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following the accident, the Niteroi Public Order Secretariat suspended all activities on the paragliding ramps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Roads to the launch site were closed and signs were put up reminding visitors to hire pilots accredited by the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Oversight of free flight activities in the area is the responsibility of the National Civil Aviation Agency and the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A three-year-old has been left orphaned after a paraglider carrying her parents crashed during a tandem flight. 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