Offaly plane crash caused by plane running out of fuel

A plane crash in Co Offaly last year which claimed the lives of two pilots occurred because the aircraft ran out of fuel.

Offaly plane crash caused by plane running out of fuel

A plane crash in Co Offaly last year which claimed the lives of two pilots occurred because the aircraft ran out of fuel.

31-year-old pilot Niall Doherty, from Roscrea in Co Tipperary, and 31-year-old student pilot Damien Deegan from Crinkle in Birr, both died when the Cesna aircraft crashed in scrubland in Birr last November.

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