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| Probe into light aircraft crash | Probe into light aircraft crash |
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| Investigations have resumed into a light aircraft crash in Argyll which killed three people. | |
| The plane carrying the family, which took off from Oban on Monday before being lost from radar screens, was heading for an airfield in Essex. | The plane carrying the family, which took off from Oban on Monday before being lost from radar screens, was heading for an airfield in Essex. |
| Wreckage was found by a sheep farmer on the slopes of Carn Dearg, nine miles from Oban, on Tuesday afternoon. | Wreckage was found by a sheep farmer on the slopes of Carn Dearg, nine miles from Oban, on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Strathclyde Police and an Air Accidents Investigations Branch team are carrying out examinations of the crash site. | Strathclyde Police and an Air Accidents Investigations Branch team are carrying out examinations of the crash site. |
| The private aircraft, thought to be a Piper Apache, took off from Connell Airfield at 1135 BST on Monday morning. | The private aircraft, thought to be a Piper Apache, took off from Connell Airfield at 1135 BST on Monday morning. |
| I know it is definitely not any of our members, but it is a great shame and a great loss Dave Whitelaw, Connell Flying Club | I know it is definitely not any of our members, but it is a great shame and a great loss Dave Whitelaw, Connell Flying Club |
| It was transporting three people, who have not been identified, to Andrewsfield, Great Saling, in Essex, via Blackpool. | |
| Searches, that were being carried out by police, fire and mountain rescue teams, resumed at first light on Wednesday. | Searches, that were being carried out by police, fire and mountain rescue teams, resumed at first light on Wednesday. |
| Two investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have also been sent to the site of the crash. | Two investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have also been sent to the site of the crash. |
| On Tuesday night police officers questioned staff at the council-run airfield. | On Tuesday night police officers questioned staff at the council-run airfield. |
| Dave Whitelaw, chairman of the Connell Flying Club which operates out of Oban airport, said it was clear the plane was not from the local area. | Dave Whitelaw, chairman of the Connell Flying Club which operates out of Oban airport, said it was clear the plane was not from the local area. |
| "I am not aware that there are any Piper Apaches based at Oban," he said. | "I am not aware that there are any Piper Apaches based at Oban," he said. |
| "That would suggest they are not locals but visitors. I know it is definitely not any of our members, but it is a great shame and a great loss." | "That would suggest they are not locals but visitors. I know it is definitely not any of our members, but it is a great shame and a great loss." |