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Old 26th Apr 2004, 19:15
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Question Mid air at Lasham today?

I just heard that there had been a mid air near Lasham today. Does anyone have further info?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/h...et/3661041.stm

One dead in mid-air glider crash

A pilot has been killed after two gliders collided in mid-air above a Hampshire field.
One of the pilots, who escaped unhurt after ejecting with a parachute, came down in woodlands near Lasham airfield in Alton, off the A339.

He has been taken to Basingstoke Hospital, a spokesperson from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Paramedics arrived at the crash scene at about 1600 BST. It is not yet known how the accident happened.

The dead pilot is a 68-year-old man from Fleet.

The crash survivor is from Ascot in Berkshire, police spokesman said.

About 20 firefighters are the scene, along with the Air Accident Investigation team and the police.