A frozen paraglider was left suspended over 28,000ft in the air in -40C conditions after a vortex dragged him into the sky.
Terrifying footage captured the man becoming trapped in a rare 'cloud suction' during a flight over China on Saturday.
The paraglider, who miraculously survived the chilling ordeal, managed to catch a clip moment of the incident on camera which has now made its rounds on social media.
The unnamed man took off for his flight from an altitude of around 9,800ft over the Qilian Mountains, according to local media reports.
But in a horror twist, the paraglider quickly lost control of his equipment and was yanked thousands of feet into the icy air - almost the height at which passenger aeroplanes may cruise.
