Pilot dies after two gliders crash at airfield

An "experienced pilot" has died after two gliders crashed while coming into land at an airfield. Emergency services were scrambled after the two aircrafts collided at the private airfield in Hinton-in-the-Hedges near Brackley, Northants., on Saturday (25/5). Police, fire and the ambulance service attended the scene at Hinton Airfield but the 45-year-old male victim, who has not been named, could not be saved. Northamptonshire Police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have now launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the horror crash.