INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing after two men died when their microlight crashed at a Herefordshire airfield.
Emergency services were called to Shobdon Airfield in Leominster at 3.40pm on Saturday (apr 4) where a microlight - an light weight craft that can only carry two people - had crashed.
First on the scene was the Welsh Air Ambulance from Welshpool which had been coming in to the airfield to refuel.
West Midlands Ambulance Service dispatched a rapid response vehicle and a BASICS Emergency Doctor to the scene, but nothing could be done to save the men.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said “When ambulance staff arrived it was clear that there had been a fire at the crash site.
“Sadly it was also apparent that there was nothing that could be done to save the two men on board the aircraft and they were confirmed dead at the scene.”
West Mercia police have formally identified the victims, but will not name them until all next of kin have been informed.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch is now working to determine the cause of the fatal crash
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