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| Plane crashes near Belfast airport - two reportedly killed | |
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| A light aircraft crashed in Northern Ireland, reportedly killing two people. Emergency services arrived at the scene of the crash while the plane was still on fire, near Belfast International Airport . | |
| An eyewitness said: "The angle of it, it was on its side heading towards the ground. You knew it was going to crash." | |
| The light plane was thought to be operating out of the nearby Newtownards Airfield. | |
| A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed that the emergency services had been alerted to a plane crash just after midday at close to the Nutts Corner roundabout and the Loanends Road in Co Antrim - just south of the international airport. | |
| "The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a call at 12:23 this afternoon following reports that a light aircraft had come down near Nutts Corner on approach to Belfast International Airport,” the spokeswoman said. | "The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a call at 12:23 this afternoon following reports that a light aircraft had come down near Nutts Corner on approach to Belfast International Airport,” the spokeswoman said. |
| "One rapid response paramedic, three emergency ambulance crews and two officers have been dispatched to the incident. The charity air ambulance has also been tasked to the scene. | "One rapid response paramedic, three emergency ambulance crews and two officers have been dispatched to the incident. The charity air ambulance has also been tasked to the scene. |