Houston area glider crash Kills three

I think the story was edited. It saw extreme this morning and you can see it almost called out in the comments on the story's web page.

At 55 seconds into the video the "extreme" comment. Anything that the news can do to sensationalize GA sells. (doesn't have to be true.)



http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8705121&pid=8704973

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The article doesn't say "extreme sport." It says "ultimate sport." But what the heck is their definition of "ultimate?"

Okay--I have a couple of questions about this one and no, I don't want to be a Monday morning quarterback. Two position glider with three people with the third being a child. Where was the child? How old and how heavy was the child? Was the child restrained? The article didn't mention whether any witnesses saw any sort of stall or sudden changes in the aircraft attitude. I'm simply wondering if the child may have had any conflict with the flight controls and whether or not the child was restrained properly in a two-seat aircraft. Also, was there a weight/balance issue that we're not aware of at this point that may have been a contributing factor? I'm sure we'll hear about it after the investigation.