Safety device not working before fatal glider crash
BLACK DIAMOND- The Transportation Safety Board says pilots of a tow plane and a glider couldn’t see each other before they collided mid-air southwest of Calgary last year.
Neither the weather nor sun position were believed to be factors in the crash near Black Diamond last July 26.
The board also says that while both aircraft had on-air collision avoidance systems, the one on the tow plane wasn’t working on the day of the crash.
A student and instructor inside the glider died at the scene.