
An 80-year-old flying instructor, Ian Haggis, and a 16-year-old boy died when their light aircraft crashed near Loch Lomond after departing Glasgow Airport.
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An 80-year-old flying instructor and a 16-year-old passenger died in a light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond.
An 80-year-old man who died in a light aircraft crash is understood to be flying instructor Ian Haggis.
He and a 16-year-old boy died when their plane came down near Loch Lomond. The teenager's identity has not been released.
The pair had flown out from Glasgow Airport at 16:17 and stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of the village of Drymen near Stirling.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at about 16:45 on Friday.
Both of them were pronounced dead at the scene.
Temporary airspace restrictions are currently in place over the area while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) carries out its inquiries.

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