A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man have died after a light aircraft crashed near Loch Lomond in Scotland, the United Kingdom, prompting an investigation by aviation authorities.
Police said emergency services were alerted to the incident at about 4:45 pm on Friday.
Both victims were pronounced dead, and their next of kin have been informed.
Temporary airspace restrictions have been imposed over the crash site as the Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates the circumstances surrounding the incident.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority’s aircraft register, the aircraft was a Piper Tomahawk II registered to Leading Edge Flight Training, based in Renfrew.
The plane departed Glasgow Airport at 4:17 pm on Friday but stopped transmitting signals at 4:37 pm, several miles north-east of Drymen in Stirling, near the crash site.
Flight records showed that the aircraft had earlier departed Cumbernauld Airport at 11:46 am, flying for approximately 15 minutes before arriving at Glasgow Airport.
It remained at Glasgow Airport until around 1 pm before embarking on a two-hour flight north-east to Newport-on-Tay.
The aircraft subsequently returned to Glasgow, where it stayed on the ground for just over an hour before taking off on its final journey.
Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director of Glasgow Airport, expressed sympathy for those affected by the tragedy.
“We are aware of an incident involving a light aircraft that departed from Glasgow Airport.
“This is a deeply tragic event, and the thoughts and heartfelt sympathies from all at Glasgow Airport are with the friends and families affected.”
A resident of Drymen, Colin Cameron, told BBC Scotland News that the extensive emergency response alerted him to the seriousness of the incident.
He said he noticed several emergency vehicles at the scene, including police cars, ambulances, a serious incident unit and specialist fire engines. Two helicopters were also spotted in the area.
Cameron said he only learnt on Saturday morning that the incident involved a light aircraft, describing it as “awful”.
Investigators are expected to establish the circumstances that led to the crash.
