I trusted fellow pilot ‘wholeheartedly’, paramotorist tells fatal accident probe

Sacha Dench told a fatal accident inquiry she ‘wholeheartedly’ trusted her co-pilot Dan Burton to keep a safe distance when they flew together (Paul Campbell/PA) - (PA Wire)

A paramotorist known as the “human swan” has told an inquiry into the death of her fellow pilot that she “wholeheartedly” trusted him to keep a safe distance from her while in the air.

Sacha Dench was attempting a 3,000-mile round Britain by paramotor challenge when the aircraft she was flying was involved in a collision with one piloted by Dan Burton, 54.