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| Pilot and passenger killed as light aircraft crashes in Leicestershire | Pilot and passenger killed as light aircraft crashes in Leicestershire |
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| Two people have died after the light aircraft they were flying in crashed into fields in Leicestershire, police said. | Two people have died after the light aircraft they were flying in crashed into fields in Leicestershire, police said. |
| The pair, who were the only people on board the plane at the time, were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics on Sunday evening. | The pair, who were the only people on board the plane at the time, were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics on Sunday evening. |
| The emergency services were called to fields in Fenny Drayton just before 7pm following reports of an "aircraft emergency", Leicestershire police said. | The emergency services were called to fields in Fenny Drayton just before 7pm following reports of an "aircraft emergency", Leicestershire police said. |
| Insp Luke Russell said on Sunday: "It is not clear at this point where the aircraft had taken off from and where it intended to land. | Insp Luke Russell said on Sunday: "It is not clear at this point where the aircraft had taken off from and where it intended to land. |
| "It crashed in fields in a rural part of south-west Leicestershire. The two people on board were confirmed dead at the scene by an air ambulance paramedic. | "It crashed in fields in a rural part of south-west Leicestershire. The two people on board were confirmed dead at the scene by an air ambulance paramedic. |
| "Officers are securing the scene overnight so the specialists from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch [AAIB] can begin a complete investigation in the morning." | "Officers are securing the scene overnight so the specialists from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch [AAIB] can begin a complete investigation in the morning." |
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