Video footage shows paraglider Peng Yujiang's accidental 8000m-high flight

Peng Yujiang, 55, was testing new equipment when a rare "cloud suck" pulled him higher into a cloud formation.

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Peng Yujiang was testing new equipment over the Qilian mountains on Saturday, when a rare updraft or air current known as a "cloud suck" pulled him higher into the air.

Mr Peng narrowly survived death - oxygen levels are thin at that altitude and temperatures can plummet to -40C.

Chinese authorities are investigating the incident and Mr Peng has been suspended for six months because the flight was unauthorised, state-run Global Times reported.

An earlier version of this edit contained a shot from a previous flight