Field aircraft crash claims lives

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A light aircraft has crashed with loss of life near Kilkeel in County Down, the police have said.

It is understood that police received a report that the plane had crashed in a field in the Belmont Road area at about 2100 BST.

Police did not say how many people had died in the crash. The emergency services are at the scene of the crash.

Local people have said that the weather at the time was misty.