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| Passenger, 73, dies in air crash | Passenger, 73, dies in air crash |
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| Investigators are trying to find the cause of a two-seater aircraft crash in Snowdonia which killed a passenger. | Investigators are trying to find the cause of a two-seater aircraft crash in Snowdonia which killed a passenger. |
| The plane came down 2,000ft up on a mountainside at the mouth of the Ogwen Valley near Bethesda on Monday evening. | The plane came down 2,000ft up on a mountainside at the mouth of the Ogwen Valley near Bethesda on Monday evening. |
| The body of Stuart Kingsbury, 73, was brought down from the mountain overnight. The pilot, 60, is "poorly but stable" in hospital in Bangor. Both men are from Pontypool in Torfaen. | The body of Stuart Kingsbury, 73, was brought down from the mountain overnight. The pilot, 60, is "poorly but stable" in hospital in Bangor. Both men are from Pontypool in Torfaen. |
| The Cessna took off from Caernarfon on its return flight to Herefordshire. | The Cessna took off from Caernarfon on its return flight to Herefordshire. |
| Police and air accident investigators have been at the remote spot high up the mountain near the village of Llanllechid. | Police and air accident investigators have been at the remote spot high up the mountain near the village of Llanllechid. |
| Mountain rescue teams and a helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey were alerted to the crash by a fell walker. The crash happened just after 1730 BST, | Mountain rescue teams and a helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey were alerted to the crash by a fell walker. The crash happened just after 1730 BST, |
| 'Too low' | 'Too low' |
| A hospital spokesman in Bangor said the survivor was still poorly but stable. | A hospital spokesman in Bangor said the survivor was still poorly but stable. |
| Chris Lloyd, from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, said he believed the plane had clipped a slope and flipped over. | Chris Lloyd, from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, said he believed the plane had clipped a slope and flipped over. |
| "It looks like the aircraft was just slightly too low to get over the ridge. | "It looks like the aircraft was just slightly too low to get over the ridge. |
| "Had he been another 100ft higher he would have got over." | "Had he been another 100ft higher he would have got over." |
| Mr Lloyd said they had been "evidence gathering" at the location "to find any traces or bits of aircraft or anything else". | Mr Lloyd said they had been "evidence gathering" at the location "to find any traces or bits of aircraft or anything else". |
| Local councillor John Robert Jones said the weather in the mountains could change quickly. | Local councillor John Robert Jones said the weather in the mountains could change quickly. |
| Instrumentation | Instrumentation |
| "If an aircraft is flying over here, one minute it could be all clear and the next minute it's surrounded by cloud. | "If an aircraft is flying over here, one minute it could be all clear and the next minute it's surrounded by cloud. |
| "The most experienced pilot I'm sure would agree that they do panic or they do get into difficulty in the cloud there, because they have to rely on their instrumentation." | "The most experienced pilot I'm sure would agree that they do panic or they do get into difficulty in the cloud there, because they have to rely on their instrumentation." |
| But aviation medical examiner Dr Frank Voeten told the BBC it would be highly speculative to second guess what might have been the cause and that experienced pilots would not panic in clouds. | |
| The aircraft was on its way to Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire after refuelling at Caernarfon. | The aircraft was on its way to Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire after refuelling at Caernarfon. |
| A spokesman at Caernarfon Airport said: "It's with great sadness and shock that we learnt of the incident in Bethesda involving the private aircraft that departed from this aerodrome. | A spokesman at Caernarfon Airport said: "It's with great sadness and shock that we learnt of the incident in Bethesda involving the private aircraft that departed from this aerodrome. |
| "We want to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased. We would also wish a speedy recovery to the injured survivor," he said. | "We want to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased. We would also wish a speedy recovery to the injured survivor," he said. |