AN INVESTIGATION was under way today after a glider collided with an RAF plane while preparing to take off from a Suffolk air base.
AN INVESTIGATION was under way today after a glider collided with an RAF plane while preparing to take off from a Suffolk air base.
The incident, which took place at RAF Honington just after 12.30pm on Saturday, happened when a civilian pilot was attempting to taxi along the runway during a recreational flight out of the base.
The man was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, although he is not thought to have suffered any injuries.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said the incident was being investigated by the British Gliding Association - which is the governing body for the sport of gliding in the UK.
“The glider was involved in a shunt with a light, one-person aircraft, which was parked at the side of the runway,” he said.
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