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Investigators to recover aircraft Probe begins into aircraft crash
(about 6 hours later)
Investigations are continuing into the deaths of two people in a light aircraft crash in Hampshire. 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 Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is expected to recover the wreckage later after it remained on site overnight. The two men on board the craft have not yet been named by police as their relatives were still being informed.
The two people on board the craft have not yet been named by police as relatives were still being informed. The wreckage has been taken to Farnborough where a team will attempt to establish the cause of the crash.
A team from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) was called to the scene following the crash. The investigation will be carried out by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)
A spokesman said: "A full investigation is under way and a report will be published in due course." The single engine, twin-tailed, fixed-wing land plane crashed soon after take-off near Whitchurch .
'Plumes of smoke' It was thought to be travelling to a destination in the West Country.
One local farmer said he heard two loud explosions as the plane came down. A Home Office Pathologist will conduct a post-mortem examination on the two bodies at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester later.
Robin Casson, who lives less than 100m (328ft) from the field where the aircraft crashed, said he could smell strong fumes before he reached the site. A spokesman for Hampshire police said: "Police are still trying to establish the identity of the two men who died in the crash."
"There were a couple of big bangs and I smelt the fumes and then we saw plumes of smoke," Mr Casson said.
"I thought something had happened to one of my neighbours so I went up there and saw the plane on fire, smouldering in the cattle field.
"There wasn't much left of the plane - all you could see was the shell. It was burning wreckage, there was nothing you could do - it hit the ground hard."