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Charity campaigner’s death from microlight crash injuries was accidental, coroner rules

The Guardian World Thursday 20 August 2026, 16:49 UTC By Raphael Boyd 1 min read
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Claire Lomas had been filming a series for Apple TV in Amman, Jordan when she lost control of the aircraftThe death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded. An inquest heard on Thursday that Claire Lomas, 44, died of severe traumatic injuries on 22 August 2024, five weeks after a light aircraft that she had been piloting while filming a promotional video for Apple’s Vision Pro headset “veered off the...

Claire Lomas had been filming a series for Apple TV in Amman, Jordan when she lost control of the aircraft

The death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded.

An inquest heard on Thursday that Claire Lomas, 44, died of severe traumatic injuries on 22 August 2024, five weeks after a light aircraft that she had been piloting while filming a promotional video for Apple’s Vision Pro headset “veered off the runway” and crashed into a rock in Amman, Jordan, on 15 July.

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Claire Lomas (PERSON) Apple TV (ORG) Amman (LOCATION) Jordan (LOCATION) Apple (ORG) Vision Pro (ORG)
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Charity campaigner’s death from microlight crash injuries was accidental, coroner rules

Claire Lomas had been filming a series for Apple TV in Amman, Jordan when she lost control of the aircraftThe death of a disability campaigner after a microlight crash while filming a TV programme for Apple was an accident, a coroner has concluded. An inquest heard on Thursday that Claire Lomas, 44, died of severe traumatic injuries on 22 August 2024, five weeks after a light aircraft that she had been piloting while filming a promotional video for Apple’s Vision Pro headset “veered off the...

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