Two men die in crash of light aircraft

A small aircraft returning from Cambridgeshire crashed, killing two men.

Travel Insurance News - 19/04/2010

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Police have said that a light airplane that crashed and caught fire in Hampshire Saturday, killing two people, was returning from Cambridgeshire.

Police said it was very unlikely that the accident was related to the cloud of volcanic ash over the UK at the time but the conditions would be considered in the investigation.

Two fifty-year-old men from Dorset died on Saturday when the plane crashed into a field near Andover and caught fire.

Twenty firefighters responding to a call attended the scene near Red Post Lane, Monxton, around 5.30pm.

The airplane had left Bournemouth earlier on Saturday, flown to Duxford, Cambridgeshire, and was on the return journey when the accident occurred.

Motorists on the A303 saw the airplane developing problems and contact Hampshire police.

The bodies of the two men were transported to Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital for formal identification.

The restrictions on air travel in the UK at the moment as a result of the Icelandic volcano eruption relate only to the controlled airspace in which commercial airliners and other high-speed jets fly.

Private aircraft are still allowed to fly in uncontrolled airspace but the Civil Aviation Authority has advised private pilots to exercise greater care.

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