Captain Derek Furniss

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    Crumlin East Pilatus Crash


    Pictured: Irish Air Corps Pilatus in formation
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    Contact photographer Frank Grealish

    What: Irish Air Corps Pilatus PC-9(M) out of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel
    Where: Crumlin East near Cornamona in Connemara Ireland
    When: 12-OCT-2009
    Who: 2 fatalities: Captain Derek Furniss, 32, from Rathfarnham in Dublin and Cadet David Jevens, 22, from Glynn in Co Wexford.
    Why: The crash occurred in a remote area during a training flight. Two other planes involved in the same exercise returned safely to Galway airport. The crash is under investigation.