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LOCAL MENNONITE ULTRA LIGHT FLYING ADVENTURER DIES IN CRASH, AFTER WING FOLDS UP IN FLIGHT.


Chris Reimer, 23, dies in ultra-light crash
Sunday, 18.03.2012, 02:47pm

The Mennonite community of Blue Creek in the Orange Walk district is mourning the tragic loss of Christopher Reimer, 23, who died when his ultra-light aircraft crashed near the Blue Creek airstrip around 8:00 Sunday morning, March 11.

Two of his friends on the ground said they witnessed how the wing of his aircraft collapsed in mid-air 100 feet up, and he plummeted to the ground. He suffered severe body injuries and did not survive, even though he was rushed to hospital.

His ultra-light aircraft was of the type that rather resembled a hang-glider with an engine suspended beneath the wing, which turned a pusher propeller behind the pilot’s seat.