Originally Posted by
GLIDERSEEKER
This accident is pilot error, as you should never get that close to a glider in the air. It’s likely either the pilot who crashed or the one who landed was looking at their instruments in a thermal and wasn't paying attention to his surroundings... The weather is definitely playing a factor in these crashes but the last few days have been exceptional cross country flying conditions.
I appreciate you probably wrote that in an understandably emotive environment BUT you absolutely
cannot state the above with
any certainty
whatsoever. The automatic assumption that pilots involved in a mid-air are heads-in or 'not paying attention' is ridiculous; there are numerous ways that this awful accident could have occurred.