Charlie Fox
30th Sep 2013, 15:03
Pilot killed in plane crash near Downside Abbey
A pilot was killed when his aircraft crashed next to Downside Roman Catholic boarding school near Bath, police have said.
The four-seater plane he was flying came down in the grounds of Downside Abbey at Stratton-on-the-Fosse shortly before midday.
A police spokeswoman said ambulance crews were on the ground and the Civil Aviation Agency has been informed.
The Air Accident Investigations Branch has sent a team to investigate.
Andrew Coombs, who farms next to the abbey, said: "It was thick drizzly fog at the time and I heard what sounded like a display stunt team.
"It was a very, very loud intense engine noise like a car door slamming in the distance, then silence."
A pilot was killed when his aircraft crashed next to Downside Roman Catholic boarding school near Bath, police have said.
The four-seater plane he was flying came down in the grounds of Downside Abbey at Stratton-on-the-Fosse shortly before midday.
A police spokeswoman said ambulance crews were on the ground and the Civil Aviation Agency has been informed.
The Air Accident Investigations Branch has sent a team to investigate.
Andrew Coombs, who farms next to the abbey, said: "It was thick drizzly fog at the time and I heard what sounded like a display stunt team.
"It was a very, very loud intense engine noise like a car door slamming in the distance, then silence."