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Tandem HG Pilot who's Passenger Fell to her Death (not hooked in) pleads Guilty.: Revision

Last updated by XC Triker

Categories: Tech, Equipment, Safety, Video

This was huge news, especially since the Pilot (if I recall correctly) tried to eat the memory chip from the video camera recording the flight.  That resulted in an immediate air of presumed guilt and negligence by attempting to destroy evidence. ---  Additional things to think about for all of us who have video cameras running.

From the Oz Report v18, #29

John Orders pleads guilty

Tue, Feb 11 2014, 5:45:08 am AUSEST
Criminal negligence

One of the many articles HERE.

A British Columbia hang-glider pilot whose failure to hook in his passenger caused a dramatic mid-air struggle, which ended with the woman falling 300 metres to her death, pleaded guilty Friday to criminal negligence.

The probe also found Orders did not perform a pre-launch safety check, even though he had taken a tandem re-certification course just weeks earlier.

"His failing to connect her harness, his launching with Ms. Godinez-Avila without her being connected is a substantial departure from the standard of care you'd expect from a reasonably prudent pilot," Campbell said.

"It was unintentional."