Tributes as pensioner who died alongside boy in aircraft crash named
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is examining the crash after the aircraft departed Glasgow Airport with two people on board, officials said.
- On Friday, 80-year-old flying instructor Ian Haggis and a 16-year-old boy died when their Piper Tomahawk aircraft crashed near Drymen, north of Glasgow, late afternoon.
- Departing Glasgow Airport shortly after 4:15 p.m., the aircraft stopped transmitting signals around 20 minutes later, prompting emergency services to respond at approximately 4:45 p.m.
- Witness Stuart Abernethy observed from his driveway as the plane descended in a spiral with an "engine over-revving," followed by "total silence" after vanishing from sight.
- Leading Edge Flight Training expressed condolences for the "tragic accident" involving two staff members, while police maintain closures on Old Drymen Road near the crash site.
- The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched a safety investigation with temporary airspace restrictions currently in effect over the area near Loch Lomond.
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