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Probe begins into aircraft crash | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
Investigators have recovered the wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed in a field in Hampshire killing two people. | |
The twin-tailed plane came down in a field at Tangley, near Andover, on Sunday afternoon and caught fire. | The twin-tailed plane came down in a field at Tangley, near Andover, on Sunday afternoon and caught fire. |
The two men on board the craft have not yet been named by police as their relatives were still being informed. | |
The wreckage has been taken to Farnborough where a team will attempt to establish the cause of the crash. | |
The investigation will be carried out by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) | |
The single engine, twin-tailed, fixed-wing land plane crashed soon after take-off near Whitchurch . | |
It was thought to be travelling to a destination in the West Country. | |
A Home Office Pathologist will conduct a post-mortem examination on the two bodies at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester later. | |
A spokesman for Hampshire police said: "Police are still trying to establish the identity of the two men who died in the crash." | |