> accident happened at about 2000 ft. How come the skydiver
> was still in free fall at such a low altitude ?
I wondered the same thing myself. The report said they collided at
600m, - That is very low to be still in freefall.
Why is it that a glider was is airspace through which parachutists
were operating or the otherway around ?
Date sent: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:00:14 +1000
From: "John Giddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
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> Hi Andrew,
> The last similar accident was the one in France where a
> skydiver came through cloud and knocked the wing (or a part
> of it) off a two seater. Both pilots were wearing parachutes
> and survived to be charged with manslaughter by the French
> authorities. Needless to say, they were British and the dead
> skydiver was French...
> However the scanty info we have seen about the present crash
> gave the impression that the sky was clear, and that the
> accident happened at about 2000 ft. How come the skydiver
> was still in free fall at such a low altitude ?
> Cheers, John G.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ANDREW WRIGHT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
>
>
> | A horrible accident!! Interesting however that this is
> not the first time an
> | accident like this has happened, ie glider / parachutist.
> I just wonder how
> | "freak" it is! Could it be that they doing something
> wrong over there?
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | Date sent: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:10:04 +1000
> | From: Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | Subject: [aus-soaring] Accident in the UK
> | Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |
> | >
> | > See
> | >
> | >
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/02/1022982651860.html
> | >
> | > for the whole article
> | >
> | > Headline
> | >
> | >
> | > Parachutist's death dive kills glider pilot
> | >
> | > June 3 2002
> | >
> | >
> | > Investigations were continuing today into a freak
> mid-air collision
> | > over central England when a skydiver smashed through the
> wing of a
> | > glider, killing both himself and the glider pilot.
> | >
> | > The skydiver and the glider pilot died early yesterday
> following the
> | > accident at Hinton Airfield, near Brackley,
> Northamptonshire.
> | >
> | > The glider's wing was knocked off by the force of the
> skydiver's
> | > impact and both people plunged to their deaths from
> around 600 metres,
> | > an Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman
> said.
> | >
> | >
> | >
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