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An investigation is under way after a man died and two people, one of them a boy, were critically injured when a light aircraft crashed at Caernarfon Airport in Gwynedd. | An investigation is under way after a man died and two people, one of them a boy, were critically injured when a light aircraft crashed at Caernarfon Airport in Gwynedd. |
Firefighters cut the man from the wreckage and he was pronounced dead at the scene of Sunday morning's crash. | Firefighters cut the man from the wreckage and he was pronounced dead at the scene of Sunday morning's crash. |
A man in his 60s suffered "serious multiple lower limb injuries" and the boy had head and abdomen injuries. | A man in his 60s suffered "serious multiple lower limb injuries" and the boy had head and abdomen injuries. |
North Wales Police said the three are from a family in Lancashire. | |
The aircraft flipped onto its roof on a runway at Dinas Dinlle, and experts from the Department for Transport's Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) were sent to the scene on Sunday to start a preliminary inquiry. | |
Police are appealing for witnesses who saw the plane as it approached the runway to get in touch as the area is on the coast and is popular with visitors. | |
On Monday morning it remained where it crashed landed, with police still at the scene. | |
Witnesses say the Piper Cherokee single-engine aircraft appeared to clip trees as it approached the runway. | |
On Sunday, local cafe owner Dyfed Williams said: "We were preparing to open and there was a lot of activity with five fire engines, an ambulance and then the police [passing], and we realised it must have been something serious. | |
"A lot of local people came down to see what was going on and obviously we are thinking the worse. | |
"The airfield has been here since the Second World War and it's now busy with pleasure trips and popular with small aircraft and microlights." | |
Eight crews from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were sent to the scene. | |
The Welsh Ambulance Service said the man in his 60s and the boy were taken to hospital at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor while firefighters worked to free the trapped man. | The Welsh Ambulance Service said the man in his 60s and the boy were taken to hospital at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor while firefighters worked to free the trapped man. |
The condition of the two injured people was described on Sunday as critical. | The condition of the two injured people was described on Sunday as critical. |
Anyone with any information relating to the incident is asked to contact North Wales Police on 101. | Anyone with any information relating to the incident is asked to contact North Wales Police on 101. |