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Paramotor Crash: Sacha Dench's Emotional Testimony

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In a tragic turn of events, Sacha Dench, midway through a climate change awareness flight around Britain, collided with fellow pilot Dan Burton, resulting in his fatal injury and her serious ones. The inquiry into the accident unfolds, revealing their close bond and meticulous planning, as Dench recounts their final moments.

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Paramotor Crash: Sacha Dench's Emotional Testimony

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Paramotor Crash: Sacha Dench's Emotional Testimony. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On March 2nd, Sacha Dench was midway through a 3,000-mile paramotor flight around Britain when her aircraft collided with one piloted by. 54-year-old Dan Burden Burden died in the crash while Dench survived with serious injuries. The trip, called the Round Britain Climate Challenge, kicked off in June to draw attention to climate change ahead of the COP26 summit in. Glasgow Dench and Burden had teamed up before on a swan migration adventure featured in a BBC documentary. During Monday's fatal accident inquiry at Tane's Sheriff Court, Dench shared her account and grew emotional, breaking down in tears more than once. The hearing paused so she could recover, even taking an early lunch break. She described Burden as one of the most experienced paramotor pilots she knew. They had mapped out take-off in landing spots daily, chatting via helmet Bluetooth, though short battery life forced them to fly in segments instead. The inquiry, which started hearings last year, presses on to uncover what went wrong that day near

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