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Field aircraft crash claims lives Three killed in field air crash
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A light aircraft has crashed with loss of life near Kilkeel in County Down, the police have said. Three people have died in a light aircraft crash near Kilkeel in County Down.
It is understood that police received a report that the plane had crashed in a field in the Belmont Road area at about 2100 BST. The plane crashed in a field off the Belmont Road area at about 2100 BST.
Police did not say how many people had died in the crash. The emergency services are at the scene. It burst into flames on contact with the ground, killing the pilot and two passengers. It is understood they had travelled from the Isle of Man.
Local people have said that the weather at the time was misty. Local people have said that the weather at the time was misty. It is the second air crash in the area in a fortnight. In the previous one two men survived.