The Federal Office for Civil Aviation confirmed on Tuesday that the pilot would lose his licence for two months, but it stopped short of a permanent ban, saying the pilot’s aptitude was not in question.
The experienced pilot has already been fined of CHF800 ($800) and a criminal investigation against him is still pending.
The incident occurred last November, when a tourist from the United States on his first-ever hang glider trip as a passenger found himself not strapped in properly as the glider left the ground.
The pilot tried an emergency landing on a meadow outside the popular tourist resort of Interlaken in the Swiss Alps with the passenger hanging on to him.
The tourist suffered several injuries including a fracture to his right wrist shortly before the glider was able to land.
The video footage below of the frightening flight experience, published on YouTube, went viral.
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