Man buys g/f hanggliding ride-she falls to her death

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Unbelievable. Happened in British Columbia. He bought this ride for her for their anniversary (and he was supposed to go next). He was videotaping the ride, but stopped right before she fell. It happened about 30 seconds after take off. The pilot said he knew something was wrong the whole time, he was trying to hang onto her, until ultimately she lost her grip on him, tore off his shoes, and she was gone. it took them 8 hours to locate her body, since it was such dense forest below the launch site.

The pilot has since been charged with obstructing justice! (probably doesn't want to talk until he's lawyered up).

Can you imagine buying someone something that ultimately kills them, and not only that, but you are forced to watch it? JESUS CHRIST that poor couple!

DriftingByTheStorm

FFS

Prince Of Dorkness

isn't that the opening of Cliffhanger?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

it gets weirder:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/hang-glider-pilot-accused-of-swallowing-memory-card-that-showed-fatal-flight-reports-149762745.html

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - The final moments of a young woman's life who plummeted from a hang glider over the weekend may have been caught on tape, but her pilot now stands accused of swallowing the evidence.

In an unusual move, police have kept William (Jon) Orders in custody since arresting him Monday on a charge of obstructing justice in connection with the investigation into the 27-year-old's death.

According to media reports, court documents filed in Chilliwack, B.C. allege the 50-year-old from Burnaby gulped down the digital memory card that may contain evidence around how Lenami Godinez-Avila died.

The reports cite the sworn documents submitted by the RCMP and say the media card may have come from an onboard camera that contains video of the fatal flight.

RCMP Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth had previously said Orders is accused of withholding "key evidence" from investigators.

"We're not going to be providing any further details or commenting further at this point," Hollingsworth said when reached late Tuesday.

"Obviously we don't speak to evidence, and what we have and what we're seeking. ... He's before the courts now."

Godinez-Avila was celebrating an anniversary with her boyfriend by taking flight in B.C.'s Fraser Valley on Saturday when she dropped from the glider and fell 300 metres to her death.

Her beau was watching and waiting for his turn when she tumbled free.

Police seized video taken by the boyfriend, and the flight equipment itself, and said they were piecing together the details.

It was Orders' responsibility to assemble and safety-check the glider, as well as brief his rider on how the tandem flight should unfold.

It was also his role to put the woman in her harness, clip it to the glider and fasten himself in.

The man is fully certified and has been flying and competing for 16 years in Canada and around the world.

After the incident, the safety director for Canada's gliding association spoke to Orders and heard details of how the man had tried to wrap his legs around Godinez-Avila to keep her from slipping loose.

"I was more concerned about his well-being and the boyfriend's well-being... I was working on trying to get the pieces together, trying to figure out what happened and all that other stuff," said Jason Warner, with the Hang Gliders and Paragliding Association of Canada, on Tuesday.

"So when the RCMP have taken a different direction, I'm really trying to figure out what that direction is."

Warner wouldn't say whether he had talked to Orders about the memory card, adding he's scheduled for an interview with police on Wednesday.

He said there are details he's not permitted to release until after the criminal investigation is complete.

But he noted he hopes the charges don't overshadow remembering the victim.

"I mean, oh my god, watching that? And now we're looking at criminal charges, which has totally taken away from the people."

Orders is set to appear in Chilliwack provincial court on Wednesday afternoon for a show cause hearing.

PJ_Soul

This happened in my back yard. I've been to where it happened. What a horrible way to go, and I can't even imagine how the boyfriend feels. That clinches it; I don't want to hang glide. I went skydiving last year (about a 15 minute drive from where this happened), and I gotta say, the 45 minutes before exiting that plane were kind of horrifying out of building fear of equipment malfunction or human error. Not even sure I'd do it again, despite the insane rush and the amazing experience.

josevolution

Whoa that sucks poor people , like someone else stated my ass is staying on the ground allways ....

mikalina

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Unbelievable. Happened in British Columbia. He bought this ride for her for their anniversary (and he was supposed to go next). He was videotaping the ride, but stopped right before she fell. It happened about 30 seconds after take off. The pilot said he knew something was wrong the whole time, he was trying to hang onto her, until ultimately she lost her grip on him, tore off his shoes, and she was gone. it took them 8 hours to locate her body, since it was such dense forest below the launch site.

The pilot has since been charged with obstructing justice! (probably doesn't want to talk until he's lawyered up).

Can you imagine buying someone something that ultimately kills them, and not only that, but you are forced to watch it? JESUS CHRIST that poor couple!

so sad....

g under p

This sounds like something I will see on one of my favorite channels....ID Channel Investigation Discovery Channel.

Very sad to see and to hear.

peace

dignin

Looks like he did eat the memory card.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -bail.html

“There's been a series of X-rays taken, we have confirmed [the memory card] is inside him, so we're just kind of in the waiting process,” RCMP Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth said Wednesday.

PJ_Soul

dignin wrote:

Looks like he did eat the memory card.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -bail.html

“There's been a series of X-rays taken, we have confirmed [the memory card] is inside him, so we're just kind of in the waiting process,” RCMP Cpl. Tammy Hollingsworth said Wednesday.

And still waiting... he must be constipated from all the stress. :?

Godfather.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/161989547700 ... p=features

this guy is nutty as a shithouse mouse,

Godfather.

PJ_Soul

Godfather. wrote:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1619895477001/jetman-flies-high-over-rio-de-janeiro?intcmp=features

this guy is nutty as a shithouse mouse,

Godfather.

I actually think that is AWESOME. I might actually be okay with risking death to do THAT. If had one wish and couldn't wish for a million more wishes, I'd wish I could fly like Superman, so I'm on board with anyone trying to perfect Iron Man technology!

PJ_Soul

Hey wow, he finally shit the evidence that will presumably make him look bad in some way. Is that irony? ... with all due respect her and her family, I'm so curious to know what is on that memory card. What could it be?? I wonder if he swallowed it to cover up mere non-heroics. I mean, she was hanging on to him to keep from falling... I wonder if he told her to get the fuck off him or something equally awful but legal. Or maybe he freaked and shook her off or something... would that be a crime?? It would have e endangering his own life I suppose... hmm.

DriftingByTheStorm

Godfather. wrote:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1619895477001/jetman-flies-high-over-rio-de-janeiro?intcmp=features

this guy is nutty as a shithouse mouse,

Godfather.

you can totally see all the chemtrails being released behind him!

Godfather.

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1619895477001/jetman-flies-high-over-rio-de-janeiro?intcmp=features

this guy is nutty as a shithouse mouse,

Godfather.

you can totally see all the chemtrails being released behind him!

if that were me flying that thing it would be methain gas followed by solid waste.

Godfather.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Godfather. wrote:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1619895477001/jetman-flies-high-over-rio-de-janeiro?intcmp=features

this guy is nutty as a shithouse mouse,

Godfather.

"I don't always fly free as a bird, but when I do, I use Brietling wings"

chadwick

scary stuff. i would go mentally and physically insane if this was my lady and me. i surely would strongly consider taking my very own life to hopefully be where she is and to end my daily misery. she aint here with me now, she just fell to her death because i bought her a hanggliding ride that went wrong. time to reevaluate my life kinda thing.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

chadwick wrote:

scary stuff. i would go mentally and physically insane if this was my lady and me. i surely would strongly consider taking my very own life to hopefully be where she is and to end my daily misery. she aint here with me now, she just fell to her death because i bought her a hanggliding ride that went wrong. time to reevaluate my life kinda thing.

yeah, I really can't imagine seeing that happen.

chadwick

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

chadwick wrote:

scary stuff. i would go mentally and physically insane if this was my lady and me. i surely would strongly consider taking my very own life to hopefully be where she is and to end my daily misery. she aint here with me now, she just fell to her death because i bought her a hanggliding ride that went wrong. time to reevaluate my life kinda thing.

yeah, I really can't imagine seeing that happen.

i can't imagine this man's horrorific life that lies ahead of him

AlbertaGirl70_

It will be interesting to see what is on the memory card,and why the instructor swallowed it now that the RCMP have"retrieved" it
Not that I want to see anything,but why would he do that? Sketchy