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British Plane Crashes Train system

What: light aircraft registered to Mr Matthews.
Where: Little Haywood,Staffordshire
When: Friday.
Who: 3 fatalities: Pilot Alan Matthews, Nich O’Brian and Emma O’Brian. Mr Matthews is registered as company director of Sittles Farm Flying Club
Why: Under investigation.

A witness said “I heard the plane, I looked up, and suddenly it just turned and went straight down like a stunt plane” The single engine propeller plane came down yards from plane tracks after hitting power lines above the main West Coast rail.

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