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By Sue Plunkett sue.plunkett@jpress.co.uk


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A gliding club chairman has praised emergency services fortheir swift actionafter anaircraftnosedivedtothe ground leaving two casualties trapped in the wreckage.


Two air ambulances were mobilised to the incident at Chipping when the crash hap­ pened, leaving the instruc­ tor and his female passenger trapped in the stricken glider’s wrecked cockpit. They were released by


firefighters from Clitheroe and Longridge using special hydraulic cutting equipment. The duo, the pilot aged 53 and thewomanwhois57. were air­


lifted separately to the Royal


Preston Hospital suffering fromleginjuriesbut they were


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both released after treatment. Mr Bob Pettifer, who is


Chairman of the Bowland For­ est Gliding Club, said: “I would


like to thank all the emergen­ cy services for their swift re­ sponse to the incident and how they dealt with it. “We have a strict proce­


dure in place for emergencies and this was followed to the last detail. Luckily there was a doctor on site as the accident happened who tended to the casualties before the air am­ bulance arrived. “They were both conscious


and breathing so it was a case of keeping them warm arid calm until help arrived.” The crash happened dur­


ing what is called a “failed launch” exercise which is de­ signed to replicate whatwould happen during a problem-hit


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