Plane engine 'cut out' before crash

The engine on a light aircraft cut out before it crashed killing two friends, air accident investigators have revealed.

Plane engine 'cut out' before crash

The engine on a light aircraft cut out before it crashed killing two friends, air accident investigators have revealed.

Flight instructor Niall Doherty and advanced learner Damien Deegan, both 31, died when the Cessna 150H came down in scrubland a short distance from Birr airfield, Co Offaly.

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