Pilot raised concerns about aircraft minutes before fatal Waterford crash

Turkish pilot flying the plane from Sligo to Slovenia reported problems with an alternator and low fuel pressure to air traffic control

The light aircraft which crashed near Waterford Airport on November 20. Picture: Howard Crowdy

The pilot killed when the plane he was flying crashed in Waterford last month had raised concerns with air traffic control about an alternator and low fuel pressure just minutes before the fatal crash.

The Turkish pilot, Bircan Dokuzlar, a flight instructor, had flown into Dublin from Dusseldorf on a commercial flight on November 19.