According to a report on accidents Eung compiled, there have been five to six times as many accidents in paragliding as in hang gliding. There have been on average more than ten serious injuries or deaths a year. It is perhaps because there are too many examples of this nature that gliding has not achieved wide popularity.
在翁光智蒐集的失事報告中，歷來飛行傘的失事比率，是滑翔翼的五至六倍，平均每年發生十件以上，可能太多這類前車之鑑，飛行運動始終沒有能夠廣為流行。