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Glider Pilot, Passenger Fatally Injured In Australia

Reports Indicted The Glider Disconnected From Its Tow Plane Too Early

A 50 year old glider pilot thought to be a flight instructor and a 21-year-old woman believed to be his student were fatally injured Sunday in an accident near Ararat Airfield in Australia.

The Australian newspaper The Courier reports that police investigating the accident said that the glider appeared to disconnect from its tow plane prematurely, a little more than 200 feet in the air. It went down about 300 feet east of the runway. The woman was reportedly killed instantly, while paramedics worked for nearly an hour trying to resuscitate the man.

A photograph on the newspaper website shows the glider on the ground with its cockpit largely destroyed. Witnesses said there was no obvious cause for the accident. One witness, a member of the Grampains Soaring Club, told authorities that the plane entered a sharp nose dive shortly after takeoff.

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau will continue its investigation.

FMI: www.atsb.gov.au

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