A B.C. hang glider accused of swallowing his camera's memory card after a fatal accident last weekend has produced the chip and has now been granted bail.
William Jonathan Orders was ordered released on bail after a hearing Friday in Chilliwack provincial court, where he's charged with obstructing justice for allegedly ingesting the card. Police say they now have possession of the card, although RCMP Const. Tracy Wolbeck declined to comment on what will be done with it.
"We have processes in place in order to distract what's on the card that will not be discussed," she told reporters outside the court.
A previous bail hearing on Wednesday was pushed back because the item had yet to emerge. Orders is set to be released on Monday.
The 50-year-old pilot has been in custody since Saturday, when passenger Lenami Godinez-Avila detached from his tandem glider mid-flight and fell 300 metres to the ground.
She had received the hang gliding trip as an anniversary present from her boyfriend, who was watching when she plummeted to her death. She was 27 years old.
Her family has now arrived in B.C. after travelling from their home country of Mexico.
"They're obviously have a very difficult time with this journey and they'd like to request privacy at this time," Wolbeck said.
Police believe the memory card may contain video footage taken from Orders' glider-mounted Drift camera that will shed light on the cause of the tragic accident.
