Bodies to be taken from UK plane

Investigators will today remove the bodies of five people from the site of a plane crash in southern England yesterday.

Investigators will today remove the bodies of five people from the site of a plane crash in southern England yesterday.

A fire officer walks through the scene of yesterday’s aircraft crash in Farnborough in Kent
A fire officer walks through the scene of yesterday’s aircraft crash in Farnborough in Kent

The plane crashed into a house in Farnborough, Kent, and burst into flames.

Those who died have not yet been formally identified but are said to include pilot Mike Roberts and passengers David Leslie (54), a former British Touring Car Championship driver, and Richard Lloyd (63), the boss of Apex Motorsport.

There were no casualties reported on the ground, and occupants of the house were away on holidays.

The business flight had taken off from Biggin Hill Airport and was heading to Pau, south west France.

Some eight kilometres from Biggin Hill, the pilot put out a mayday call, and the plane was around three kilometres north of the airport when it crashed.

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