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2 on board killed as light plane crashes in central France
A light plane crashed in central France on Tuesday, killing the two people on board, rescue services said
Published on: Sep 28, 2016, 15:00:55 IST
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A light plane crashed in central France on Tuesday, killing the two people on board, rescue services said.
The two-seater RV-8 plane had just taken off from Issoudun aerodrome in the central Indre department when it crashed into thousands of straw bails in a field, according to rescue services.
Pilot Pascal Lefebvre, 58, and Vincent Ah-Mook-Sinh, 42, were killed instantly.
The straw bails were set alight and it took 50 firefighters to tackle the blaze. An inquiry was swiftly launched into the cause of the crash.
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