Instructor and teenager killed in Drymen aircraft crash

Ian Haggis, an 80-year-old flying instructor, and a 16-year-old boy died when a light aircraft crashed near Drymen, Scotland, on October 16. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has begun investigating the crash; its cause has not been established. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 4:45 p.m. The aircraft came down in a field near Drymen, in Stirlingshire, northeast of Loch Lomond. The teenager’s identity has not been publicly released. The AAIB said it had sent a team to the site to make inquiries and gather evidence. The investigation is ongoing, and no findings about the circumstances of the crash have been announced. A witness told BBC Scotland News that he heard the aircraft’s engine and saw it descend in a spiral before it disappeared from view. He said he did not see it land. The account describes what the witness observed but does not establish why the aircraft crashed. Haggis was associated with Leading Edge Flight Training, which said it was assisting investigators and would not comment further while the inquiry continued. The company described the people who died as close members of its community and expressed sympathy to their...