Pilot died after glider's wings fell off in midair

Verdict of accidental death returned in case of Amy Barsby, who died when her glider nose-dived from up to 1,000ft

The family of a glider pilot who died when the wings fell away from the fuselage of the aircraft she was flying have called for urgent safety measures for similar gliders. Amy Barsby, 25, a post-graduate student at Queen's University, Belfast, suffered catastrophic multiple injuries when her glider nose-dived from a height of up to 1,000ft on 8 August last year. Her boyfriend, Bruce Duncan, a gliding instructor, and a friend, Martin Ling, had assembled the Foka 4 glider. A jury at Oxford coroner's court found the aircraft had not been properly constructed, and returned a verdict of accidental death.