INVESTIGATORS ARRIVE AT SCENE OF PLANE CRASH IN CONNEMARA

Date Published: 13-Oct-2009

Air Accident investigators and military investigators are at the scene of a fatal plane crash near Cornamona, in which two Air Corps personnel were killed.The bodies of the flight instructor and the cadet have not yet been removed from the scene.They were the only people on board the aircraft when it came down near the village of Cornamona yesterday evening around 6 o' clock.The PC-9 two seater plane had been taking part in a training exercise with two other aircraft, both of which returned safely to Galway airport.The Army Bomb Disposal Unit has yet to clear small explosives from the ejector seats before the bodies can be removed.There are reports that locals saw a low flying aircraft around 6pm and then a loud bang was heard.The Taoiseach and the President have led tributes to the families and colleagues of the two men.