Two people were killed today in Britain following a freak midair collision when a skydiver smashed through the wing of a glider, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch said.
The skydiver and the glider pilot died at around 3 p.m. following the accident at Hinton Airfield, near Brackley, Northants.
The wing of the glider was knocked off by the force of the impact and both people plunged to their deaths, an AAIB spokesman said.
AAIB investigators and police were due to attend the scene to establish how the accident happened, he added.
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