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Police have released the names of five people who died in a mid-air collision near Coventry Airport. | Police have released the names of five people who died in a mid-air collision near Coventry Airport. |
A Cessna 402 aircraft and a solo-piloted small aircraft collided on Sunday near Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire. | A Cessna 402 aircraft and a solo-piloted small aircraft collided on Sunday near Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire. |
The pilot of the Rand KR-2 small aircraft was Brian Normington, 66, of Leamington Spa. | |
Harvey Antrobus, of Warwickshire, Sybille Gautrey, of Northants, James Beagley, of Bucks, and Sophie Hastings, of Derbyshire, were in the Cessna. | Harvey Antrobus, of Warwickshire, Sybille Gautrey, of Northants, James Beagley, of Bucks, and Sophie Hastings, of Derbyshire, were in the Cessna. |
The occupants of the Cessna all worked for survey company Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd, based at Coventry Airport. | The occupants of the Cessna all worked for survey company Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd, based at Coventry Airport. |
'Wonderful boy' | 'Wonderful boy' |
Their bodies were found in Brandon Wood on Monday while Mr Normington's body was discovered near Coombe Abbey on Sunday. | Their bodies were found in Brandon Wood on Monday while Mr Normington's body was discovered near Coombe Abbey on Sunday. |
Twenty-eight-year-old Mr Antrobus lived in the village of Fillongley. | Twenty-eight-year-old Mr Antrobus lived in the village of Fillongley. |
His grandmother Annie Antrobus, 86, of Coleshill, Warwickshire, said: "Harvey was a wonderful boy, he was very kind." | |
Mr Normington had been a member of a AWA Flying Group, based at Coventry Airport for the last 12 years. | |
Club chairman Nick Wyndow said: "He'd done about 600 hours in the airplane, so he was very competent and very enthusiastic. | |
"He used to join in all the events that the club put on. He's really going to be missed." | |
'Sweet and gentle' | |
Don Shaw, from Mickleover, Derbyshire, said he was given refresher flying lessons by 28-year-old Ms Hastings, who was from Swadlingcote. | |
He said: "She was sweet, gentle, extremely patient as an instructor, great sense of humour. | |
"I can't eulogise about her more than that, she was just simply a wonderful girl, wonderful woman. " | |
Investigators said it appeared the two aircraft had been coming in to land when the crash happened. | Investigators said it appeared the two aircraft had been coming in to land when the crash happened. |
Mr Beagley, 34, was from High Wycombe and Ms Gautrey, 33, was from Towcester. | |
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), which has been leading the investigation, said the wreckage from both aircraft would be studied at a facility in Farnborough. | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), which has been leading the investigation, said the wreckage from both aircraft would be studied at a facility in Farnborough. |