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| A body has been recovered from the wreckage of an aircraft crash in which five people were killed in Warwickshire. | A body has been recovered from the wreckage of an aircraft crash in which five people were killed in Warwickshire. |
| A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying two men and two women and a solo-piloted microlight collided above Coombe Abbey, about two miles from Coventry Airport. | |
| One body, believed to be that of the microlight pilot, was found by rescue crews overnight near Coombe Abbey. | One body, believed to be that of the microlight pilot, was found by rescue crews overnight near Coombe Abbey. |
| Teams are searching nearby Brandon Wood for the other four. | Teams are searching nearby Brandon Wood for the other four. |
| An investigation involving police, the fire service and the Air Accident Investigation Branch has begun. | An investigation involving police, the fire service and the Air Accident Investigation Branch has begun. |
| All four people on board the Cessna 402 were employees of specialist survey company Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd (RVL). | All four people on board the Cessna 402 were employees of specialist survey company Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd (RVL). |
| The company used the aircraft to carry out survey work for government agencies and private firms. | The company used the aircraft to carry out survey work for government agencies and private firms. |
| 'Big bang' | 'Big bang' |
| Eyewitnesses who saw the crash, which happened at about 1130 BST on Sunday, described how the pilot of the Cessna tried to steer the aircraft to safety. | Eyewitnesses who saw the crash, which happened at about 1130 BST on Sunday, described how the pilot of the Cessna tried to steer the aircraft to safety. |
| Malcolm Collins, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, who had been at Coombe Abbey with his wife and children, said: "When it first happened it looked like the plane would go straight down, but the pilot recovered it and seemed to be in control of it. | Malcolm Collins, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, who had been at Coombe Abbey with his wife and children, said: "When it first happened it looked like the plane would go straight down, but the pilot recovered it and seemed to be in control of it. |
| "Then it tipped and came down suddenly."The Cessna 402 was being used by a specialist survey company | |
| He said it looked like the microlight had "completed disintegrated in a big bang". | He said it looked like the microlight had "completed disintegrated in a big bang". |
| Emergency services had difficulty finding the crash scene in dense woodland and needed guidance from the air. | Emergency services had difficulty finding the crash scene in dense woodland and needed guidance from the air. |
| Commander Mick Leach, of Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, said the debris had been spread over a wide area. | Commander Mick Leach, of Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, said the debris had been spread over a wide area. |
| Police have urged any witnesses to contact them. | Police have urged any witnesses to contact them. |
| Colin Dennis, the managing director of RVL, said the Cessna was on a "perfectly normal" approach to Coventry Airport at the time of the collision. | Colin Dennis, the managing director of RVL, said the Cessna was on a "perfectly normal" approach to Coventry Airport at the time of the collision. |
| He said that the names of the victims were known but would not be released until all their relatives had been informed. | He said that the names of the victims were known but would not be released until all their relatives had been informed. |