Crash pilots named

The two Air Corps crew members killed after their aircraft crashed in Co Galway last night have been named as 32-year-old Captain Derek Furniss and Cadet David Jevens, 22.

The pair had been on a low-flying training exercise which left Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, Co Dublin, at about 5.45pm last night. The Pilatus PC-9 aircraft was taking part in the exercise with two other planes, both of which landed safely at Galway Airport.