Two dead after aircraft crash
5 January 2003
Two people were killed when their light aircraft crashed while performing aerobatics manoeuvres.
The wreckage of the aircraft was discovered by police in a field on the Easton Neston estate, near Towcester, Northamptonshire.
It is believed the plane had crashed after refuelling from an airfield in the Brackley area of the county.
Northamptonshire Police said that the inquiry would be co-ordinated by the Air Accident Investigation Branch.
A force spokeswoman added that immediate enquiries would concentrate on identifying the pilot and passenger of the plane.
She said: "The air crash happened at 11.20am when an aircraft had been seen performing aerobatics in the area.
"When witnesses reported it had crashed Northamptonshire Police were quickly on the scene and discovered the wreckage of a small plane in a field.
"The wreckage is that of a small plane that has come down in a field and we understand it had taken off from an airfield, near Brackley, where it had stopped to refuel."
An 800-metre exclusion zone remains in place over the scene and forensic scientists and a specialist police search team is on site to assist the investigation.
The spokeswoman added: "Northamptonshire Police will be preparing a report for the coroner and we are currently carrying out enquiries to try and identify both the owners and or the people in the plane."
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