Crashed aircraft not authorised to fly in Ireland

AN investigation into an aircraft accident in Co Wexford last year has revealed the plane was not authorised to operate in Ireland.

The pilot of the single-engine Kolb Twinstart was seriously injured when the light aircraft crash-landed at Killoughrum, near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, on June 4, 2007.

Air accident investigators established that the engine of the aircraft stopped without warning at an altitude of about 900ft roughly 20 minutes into the flight, which had taken off from a private airfield at Taghmon, Co Wexford.