July 22, 2016 at 1:17 am
One fatal.
A pilot died when her glider crashed in a field in Hampshire.
The aircraft came down on farmland about five miles south of Basingstoke just before 12:00 BST.
Hampshire Constabulary said the 60-year-old woman – the only person on board – died at the scene. Her next of kin have been informed. No-one else was injured.
South Central Ambulance Service said it was called at 11:57 to reports of a plane down near the Moundsmere Estate.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to Southwood Farm in Preston Candover and said the aircraft was an “engine-powered glider”.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it was “sending a team to investigate an accident involving a glider that occurred near Bradley in Hampshire”.