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Trial for pilot in fatal hang-gliding trip set for October

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CHILLIWACK (NEWS1130) – The man charged with criminal negligence causing death after a woman fell from a hang-glider last spring will head to trial this fall.

Pilot William Orders has pleaded not guilty; his trial will begin October 22nd.

Lenami Godinez-Avila fell 300 metres to her death during a tandem flight with Orders.

The main focus will be exactly what was involved in the incident that lead to the death, including whether Godinez-Avila was strapped in properly and whether Orders made mistakes when he took her out on the hang-gliding trip.

The trial is expected to last six days.

Orders is also accused of of trying to destroy evidence by swallowing the memory card from a wing-mounted video camera.

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