Plane lost wing before fatal crash

A PRELIMINARY report into a plane crash at Galway Cricket Club in which the pilot and passenger died has concluded that the plane lost one of its wings prior to the accident.

The report into the crash, which claimed the lives of two Belgian men, said eyewitness reports and analysis of the wreckage distribution had determined that the aircraft “was seen to spin out of cloud with a significant portion of the starboard wing missing.”

“A subsequent survey of the impact site identified the missing section of the starboard wing, which was located 422 metres due east of the main wreckage. The cause of the starboard wing separation has yet to be determined.”