WELL KNOWN GALWAY PILOT KILLED IN YESTERDAY'S MAYO PLANE CRASH

Date Published: 12-May-2008

The man who was killed in a plane crash in Co Mayo yesterday was from Galway City.He has been named as 51-year-old Markus Casey, an experienced pilot from Dr. Mannix Road in Salthill.Markus had been secretary of Galway Flying Club based in Carnmore and is well-known in aviation circles.He had a commercial pilots licence and registered his 2-seater Beech 77 light aircraft last November.His light aircraft crashed at Kilmovee yesterday evening, shortly after its take-off from Knock airport on its way to Weston Airport in Dublin.A passenger on the plane, John Dunphy, a senior engineer with Wicklow County Council, remains in a critical condition in hospital.