Incident at WGC 2012

A midair collision between two 15-Meter class gliders happened at around 15:30, about 30 km southwest of Uvalde. 


Loius Bourderlique of France (glider FB) was able to fly back to Uvalde and land safely.  Peter Hartmann of Austria (glider PC) bailed out and rode his parachute to a good landing.  He was picked up by helicopter, returned to the Uvalde airfield, then taken to a local hospital for precautionary checks.


Ken Sorenson – Championship Director