Luke SkyToddler
15th Jul 2001, 22:27
This just posted on Yahoo news within the last hour or so.
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Sunday July 15, 05:08 PM
Pilot dies in three plane collision
LONDON (Reuters) - A pilot has died in a freak collision involving two gliders and a light plane in the Midlands, police said.
A police spokesman said the incident happened in the sky over the village of Bidford-on-Avon, about 20 miles south of Birmingham.
A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service said one male glider pilot was found dead at the scene and another casualty was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "not serious".
The pilot of the light aircraft was not hurt.
"We received reports of three separate casualties with one fatality at the scene," the ambulance spokesman said. "One glider came down on the Bidford to Honeyborn Road and the other was at South Littleton, a village in Hereford and Worcester.
"The powered aircraft came down near Bidford airfield where the casualty was not thought to be injured."
John Watson, chief flying instructor at Bidford Gliding Centre, said first reports indicated the Piper Super Cub light plane was towing one of the gliders when they were in a collision with the glider at 1,500 feet.
There were no other immediate details.
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My condolences go out to all involved :(
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Sunday July 15, 05:08 PM
Pilot dies in three plane collision
LONDON (Reuters) - A pilot has died in a freak collision involving two gliders and a light plane in the Midlands, police said.
A police spokesman said the incident happened in the sky over the village of Bidford-on-Avon, about 20 miles south of Birmingham.
A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service said one male glider pilot was found dead at the scene and another casualty was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "not serious".
The pilot of the light aircraft was not hurt.
"We received reports of three separate casualties with one fatality at the scene," the ambulance spokesman said. "One glider came down on the Bidford to Honeyborn Road and the other was at South Littleton, a village in Hereford and Worcester.
"The powered aircraft came down near Bidford airfield where the casualty was not thought to be injured."
John Watson, chief flying instructor at Bidford Gliding Centre, said first reports indicated the Piper Super Cub light plane was towing one of the gliders when they were in a collision with the glider at 1,500 feet.
There were no other immediate details.
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My condolences go out to all involved :(