Pilot and passenger narrowly escaped death in 2020 crash on flight from Cork 

Two people were injured in a light aircraft (Cessna 172) crash in Killimordaly, Co Galway last summer. Picture: Press 22

A 65-year-old pilot and his passenger on a flight from Cork to Roscommon last summer narrowly escaped death when engine failure led to a crash landing in a Galway field.

A report from the Air Accident Investigation Unit Ireland (AAIU) into the incident involving a Cessna small aircraft near Killimordaly in Galway found that the pilot's attempts to land the plane meant he hit the ground hard in a farming field, severely injuring himself and his passenger in the process.