poetpilot
22nd Feb 2003, 07:33
Local teletext reporting 1 dead and 1 injured at Camphill, Derbyshire, after a glider "collided" with a cable launcing another aircraft.
Very sad, so sorry to hear of this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2788291.stm
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Glider pilot dies in crash
The pilot of a glider has died in a crash in Derbyshire.
Firefighters attending the scene near Great Hucklow near Castleton said one person had died and a passenger was taken to hospital.
The accident happened at Camphill airfield, close to the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club at about 1430 GMT on Friday.
It is thought the glider hit a wire which was being used to winch another glider into the air.
Passenger cut free
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A spokesman for Derbyshire Fire Service said: "We attended to reports of two people trapped following the glider crash.
"One person was released and taken to hospital, another was given CPR by firefighters but was later confirmed dead."
A 64-year-old passenger was trapped in the wreckage for around 45 minutes, before firefighters were able to cut him free, he said.
The injured man was then taken to hospital in Manchester.
A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Police said: "We now know that one glider was involved in the incident.
Second crash
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"It seems to have collided with the wire used to winch another plane into the air and crashed into a field," said a spokeswoman.
"The British Gliding Association and air accident investigators will carry out a full investigation into the accident.
"Police will prepare a file for the High Peak coroner."
The spokeswoman confirmed that the passenger was not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
In May, 1999, three people died following a mid-air collision between two gliders at the same location.
Very sad, so sorry to hear of this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2788291.stm
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Glider pilot dies in crash
The pilot of a glider has died in a crash in Derbyshire.
Firefighters attending the scene near Great Hucklow near Castleton said one person had died and a passenger was taken to hospital.
The accident happened at Camphill airfield, close to the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club at about 1430 GMT on Friday.
It is thought the glider hit a wire which was being used to winch another glider into the air.
Passenger cut free
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A spokesman for Derbyshire Fire Service said: "We attended to reports of two people trapped following the glider crash.
"One person was released and taken to hospital, another was given CPR by firefighters but was later confirmed dead."
A 64-year-old passenger was trapped in the wreckage for around 45 minutes, before firefighters were able to cut him free, he said.
The injured man was then taken to hospital in Manchester.
A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Police said: "We now know that one glider was involved in the incident.
Second crash
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"It seems to have collided with the wire used to winch another plane into the air and crashed into a field," said a spokeswoman.
"The British Gliding Association and air accident investigators will carry out a full investigation into the accident.
"Police will prepare a file for the High Peak coroner."
The spokeswoman confirmed that the passenger was not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
In May, 1999, three people died following a mid-air collision between two gliders at the same location.