{"id":97787,"date":"2023-08-18T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=97787"},"modified":"2023-08-18T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:33:15","slug":"horror-as-glider-pilot-killed-after-smashing-into-another-plane-mid-air-in-melton-mowbray-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/horror-as-glider-pilot-killed-after-smashing-into-another-plane-mid-air-in-melton-mowbray-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as glider pilot killed after smashing into another plane mid-air in Melton Mowbray | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A GLIDER pilot has died following a mid-air collision with another in Leicestershire.<\/p>\n<p>Both aircraft crashed to the ground in Melton Mowbray following Thursday&#x27;s aerial horror.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-see-swns-story-swbncrash-838546950.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/65d2d264-65b3-4077-a0a5-359726ca5414.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>One glider was found in a field in Alderman Way but tragically the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The second glider landed safely nearby, with the pilot sustaining minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been notified and will be leading an investigation into the crash.<\/p>\n<p>One shocked local said the pilot that survived walked across the field before knocking on her door.<\/p>\n<h2><span>Read More on gliders<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23540599-1692302714202.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Gliders crash mid-air leaving one &#8216;chopped in HALF&#8217; before falling to ground<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fortnite-glider.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Fortnite Nindo challenges and how to unlock Naruto Kurama Glider for FREE<\/h3>\n<p>She said they were &quot;very shaken and concerned about the other pilot&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>David Leach, of nearby Marigold Crescent, said he saw both gliders collide before one plummeted to earth like &quot;a rocket&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He told the BBC: &quot;I came out and we just looked up watching them circle right above us and then, all of a sudden, there was a mighty bang.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think the end of the wing of one clipped the back end of one glider, chopping his tail end off and one of them just came crashing down like a rocket.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NA-sam-asghari-comp.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>IT&#x27;S OVER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Britney Spears&#x27; husband breaks silence on divorce after he &#x27;caught her cheating&#x27;<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TM-comp-michael-parkinson-1.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>TEARFUL TRIBUTE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Parky&#x27;s emotional farewell to lifelong pal Dickie Bird hours before he died<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tp-composite-corfu-holiday-1.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>WHAT A SCORCHER! <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Crooked House pub&#x27;s owners soak up sun in Corfu amid questions over blaze<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/l-r-recording-artists-jonny-541721945.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>NO PLAY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Coldplay in crisis after being hit with shock new lawsuit<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The noise was terrible. It was just so bad to see and it happened so quick.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Joy Leach, added: &quot;When you&#x27;re in your garden you don&#x27;t expect that sort of thing to happen.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said: &quot;We received a call from Leicestershire Police at 15:05 to a microlight or glider that had crashed in a field in Melton Mowbray.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We sent an appliance from Melton Mowbray Station and Birstall Station.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Leicestershire Police has urged anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact police on 101, quoting incident 422 of August 17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-see-swns-story-swbncrash-838547006.jpg\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/23544451\/glider-pilot-dies-crash-melton-mowbray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GLIDER pilot has died following a mid-air collision with another in Leicestershire. 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