Girl killed in crash was 'too light' for hang glider

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Hang-gliding safety is being reviewed following the death of a 16-year-old girl on her first day of solo flying.

Lois Preston, from Warrington, Cheshire, died in hospital after the accident in Derbyshire on 28 October.

An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said she weighed less than the recommended pilot weight range for the glider.

The British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA) is reviewing aerotowing procedures.

The report identified factors that "could have made it more difficult for the student pilot to control the hang glider".

It said Miss Preston had been flying paragliders for two years and started hang glider training in April 2011.

The teenager had previously completed 13 tandem aerotows.
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