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Three people have died after a light aircraft carrying people preparing for a parachute jump crashed into fields.
Police alerted the Devon fire service at 6.06pm on Sunday after receiving reports from members of the public who saw the Cessna 206 single-engine plane come down between Beacon and Luppitt near Honiton, Devon.
A Fire Service spokeswoman said that two men and a woman died in the accident and another three men were seriously injured.
The injured were taken by air ambulance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, the spokeswoman added.
She said that the aircraft had taken off earlier from Dunkeswell airfield in Devon.
The spokeswoman added: "They were up there for a parachute jump and all we knew when we were arriving at the scene was that the plane had contained five parachutists and a pilot.
"But we did not know if they had made the jump or not and now it appears that they had not."
The spokeswoman said that the ages or identities of the six people were not yet known.
She added that the Air Accidents Investigation branch had been informed of the crash.

We must have posted this news at about the same time. I'll remove mine. Read more here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3844993.stm

Sad, very sad  :(

I know, just read it beforehand on the news. Very sad.  :(

Ben

What a shame...

I have been away for a while and talked to a friend today who told me of this crash. :-/


I worked with one of the people who tradically died in this accident for a few years and new him well  before.

He was always a kind caring person who lived for skydiving even to the extent of selling his prized BSA motorcyles. "Smithy" was also a very skilled welder and fabricator who was always willing to help anyone and pass on his skills.

Its a great loss that both he and his daughter tradically died and will be missed but not forgotten...My sympathy also goes to the friends and families of the others that were involved  :-/

I thought this was going to end up a very bad weekend when I saw this (after Biggin Hill yesterday), until I realised the original post was in June 2004 (I would have been away at the time)...

Welcome to SimV Mike...

Thankyou for the welcome....I only just heard of the crash after going to see one of his best mates. I hadnt seen the guy for ages and just happened to ask how he was.