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Passenger, 73, dies in air crash Passenger, 73, dies in air crash
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Investigators are at the scene of a light aircraft crash in Snowdonia in which a 73-year-old passenger died. Investigators are trying to find the cause of a two-seater aircraft crash in Snowdonia which killed a passenger.
The two-seater plane came down 2,000ft up on a mountainside at the mouth of the Ogwen Valley near Bethesda. The plane came down 2,000ft up on a mountainside at the mouth of the Ogwen Valley near Bethesda on Monday evening.
The pilot, who is 60, is "poorly but stable" in hospital in Bangor following the crash. Both men are from Pontypool in Torfaen. The body of Stuart Kingsbury, 73, was brought down from the mountain overnight. The pilot, 60, is "poorly but stable" in hospital in Bangor. Both men are from Pontypool in Torfaen.
The Cessna had taken off from Caernarfon on its return flight to Herefordshire on Monday evening. The Cessna took off from Caernarfon on its return flight to Herefordshire.
Police and air accident investigators are at the remote spot high up the mountain near the village of Llanllechid to try to find out what had caused the crash. Police and air accident investigators were at the remote spot high up the mountain near the village of Llanllechid.
Mountain rescue teams and a helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey were alerted to the accident, which happened just after 1730 BST, by a member of the public. Mountain rescue teams and a helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey were alerted to the crash, which happened just after 1730 BST, by a member of the public.
The body of the man who died was brought down from the mountain overnight and a post mortem examination is to take place.
A spokesman for Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor said the survivor of the light aircraft crash was still poorly but stable on Tuesday morning.
'Too low''Too low'
A spokesman for Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor said the survivor was still poorly but stable.
Chris Lloyd, from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, said he believed the plane had clipped a slope and flipped over.Chris Lloyd, from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, said he believed the plane had clipped a slope and flipped over.
"It looks like the aircraft was just slightly too low to get over the ridge."It looks like the aircraft was just slightly too low to get over the ridge.
"Had he been another 100ft high he would have got over." "Had he been another 100ft higher he would have got over."
Mr Lloyd said they had been "evidence gathering" at the location "to find any traces or bits of aircraft or anything else".Mr Lloyd said they had been "evidence gathering" at the location "to find any traces or bits of aircraft or anything else".
Local county councillor John Robert Jones said the weather in the mountains can change quickly. Local councillor John Robert Jones said the weather in the mountains could change quickly.
InstrumentationInstrumentation
"If an aircraft is flying over here, one minute it could be all clear and the next minute it's surrounded by cloud."If an aircraft is flying over here, one minute it could be all clear and the next minute it's surrounded by cloud.
"The most experienced pilot I'm sure would agree that thy do panic or they do get into difficulty in the cloud there because they have to rely on their instrumentation." "The most experienced pilot I'm sure would agree that they do panic or they do get into difficulty in the cloud there, because they have to rely on their instrumentation."
The aircraft was on its way from Gwynedd to Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire. The aircraft was on its way to Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire.
A spokesman at Caernarfon Airport said: "It's with great sadness and shock that we learnt of the incident in Bethesda involving the private aircraft that departed from this aerodrome.A spokesman at Caernarfon Airport said: "It's with great sadness and shock that we learnt of the incident in Bethesda involving the private aircraft that departed from this aerodrome.
"We want to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased. "We want to extend our deepest sympathy to the family of the deceased. We would also wish a speedy recovery to the injured survivor," he said.
"We would also wish a speedy recovery to the injured survivor," he said.