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Apple Immersive Video documentary pilot died in microlight aircraft crash

AppleInsider·William Gallagher·about 1 month ago
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Thu Apr 16 2026, 09:41 AM EDT · 2 minute read Claire Lomas pictured in 2012 walking London Marathon - image credit: Lulu Kyriacou Apple invited paraplegic Claire Lomas to fly a plane while being filmed for an Apple Vision Pro immersive video, but she then suffered fatal injuries in an accident upon landing. In 2024, Apple was making one of the first of its "Adventure" immersive videos for the then-new Apple Vision Pro, featuring spectacular feats such as Parkour running in Paris . According to Bloomberg , Lomas was being filmed flying a converted microlight over the Jordan desert when she crashed after landing. BBC News reported back in 2025 that Lomas had been invited to film there by an unnamed documentary maker, now revealed to be Apple and London's Atlantic Studios. Lomas had flown this type of microlight before, but the BBC says it went off a road after landing and crashed into a rock. That was on July 15, 2024, and Lomas died from her injuries five weeks later.…

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