The Herald

Two die in light plane crash

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A PLANE crashed, killing its pilot and passenger, on the Queen’s Sandringha­m Estate in Norfolk.

The pilot, in his 50s, and a female passenger in her 70s, died in the crash on private marshland near Wolferton.

The land is part of the Sandringha­m Estate.

Emergency services were called just before 11am on Monday and Norfolk

Police said the pair were pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesman for the Air Accidents Investigat­ion Branch said. “We sent a team of inspectors to investigat­e a fatal accident to a Piper PA28 aircraft at Wolferton, Norfolk, yesterday morning.

“Our inspectors are on site gathering evidence.”

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The wreckage of the Piper aircraft in Norfolk.

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