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Pilot killed in plane crash near Downside Abbey Pilot killed in plane crash near Downside Abbey
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A pilot was killed when his aircraft crashed next to Downside Roman Catholic boarding school near Bath, police have said. A pilot was killed when his plan came down in fog near a public school.
The four-seater plane he was flying came down in the grounds of Downside Abbey at Stratton-on-the-Fosse shortly before midday. The pilot, who has not been named, crashed in the four-seater in the grounds of Downside Abbey at Stratton-on-the-Fosse shortly before midday.
A police spokeswoman said ambulance crews were on the ground and the Civil Aviation Agency has been informed. A police spokeswoman said ambulance crews were on the ground and the Civil Aviation Agency had been informed. The Air Accident Investigations Branch has sent a team to the scene.
The Air Accident Investigations Branch has sent a team to investigate. Farmer Andrew Coombs said there was "thick drizzly fog" at the time.
Andrew Coombs, who farms next to the abbey, said: "It was thick drizzly fog at the time and I heard what sounded like a display stunt team. "I heard what sounded like a display stunt team.
"It was a very, very loud intense engine noise like a car door slamming in the distance, then silence." "It was a very, very loud intense engine noise like a car door slamming in the distance, then silence," said Mr Coombs who farms near the abbey.
Ch Insp John Holt from Avon and Somerset Police said: "The indications are that the pilot was almost certainly killed on impact. The plane came down in the grounds of Downside Roman Catholic boarding school but there were no other injuries.
Ch Insp John Holt, from Avon and Somerset Police, said: "The indications are that the pilot was almost certainly killed on impact."
He said it had been a "private flight with a private aircraft" from the "Somerset locality" to the Home Counties.He said it had been a "private flight with a private aircraft" from the "Somerset locality" to the Home Counties.
"Whilst we have not formally identified the pilot, we believe we know who it is, and the next of kin have been informed.""Whilst we have not formally identified the pilot, we believe we know who it is, and the next of kin have been informed."