update of ppl crash
According to itv text at 22:30 the pilot in his 80's on a ppl was killed, no pax on board. there is a private grass strip runway on a farm nearby at Empingham so maybe have been attempting landing in fog. My wife said it was poor vis in Rutland thios afternoon
i live nearby but am away in North Yorks working.
Virgin balloons fly from Barnsdale lodge, about 1/2 mile from crash site on North shore of the resy