British Man Dies in Paragliding Accident in Pyrenees

20th June 2026

A 63-year-old British man has died in a paragliding accident in Spain’s north-eastern Catalonia region.

The accidetn happened in the Palau de Noguera area on Wednesday.

The man was found seriously injured by rescuers and received first aid until medical teams arrived, but he later died.

The UK Foreign Office said it was “supporting the family of a British man who has died in Spain”.

Palau de Noguera is located near Àger – an area popular with paragliders and hang gliders on the edge of the Pyrenees in north-eastern Spain.

Local media reported that the man appeared to have become tangled in power lines before hitting the ground.

Authorities were expected to inform the man’s family through British consular channels, according to local media.

The Pyrenees. Image © PlanetSKI