The pilot of a light aircraft has died after it crashed into the runway at Caernarfon airport in north Wales. Police, fire crews and the ambulance service were sent to the airport at about 6.30pm on Wednesday after reports of a crash. The airstrip is used for training flights and by the Wales air ambulance along with HM Coastguard helicopters operated by Bristow. “Inquiries into the full circumstances are ongoing and we are in contact with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.”Dog walker Mark Hancock told the Daily Post he had seen a plane crash on to the tarmac and explode. “It came in and hit the tarmac and loads of debris came off it.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2017 19:48 UTC