Boy and man die in light air craft crash near Loch Lomond

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond

Police cordon in a field with officers and a car parked by a gate on a sunny day

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The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen in Stirling

ByClaire Diamond

BBC Scotland

Updated 22 minutes ago

A 16-year-old boy and 80-year-old man have died following a light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond.

Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash near Drymen in Stirling at about 16:45 on Friday.

The boy and man were pronounced dead and their next of kin have been made aware, police said.

Temporary airspace restrictions are currently in place over the area while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) conduct their inquiries.

An AAIB spokesperson said: "A team has travelled to the accident site near Drymen, north of Glasgow, to make inquiries and gather evidence as part of the process of conducting a safety investigation."

A field with a police car and other cars parked along a dirt track road. People walk down the paths and some police officers are in the field

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Police remained at the scene on Saturday morning

Officers remain at the scene near Old Drymen Road and have cordoned off a gate leading to a hill where the crash appears to have happened.

A police van and a team of officers were seen travelling up to the site on Saturday morning.

The Piper Tomahawk II aircraft is registered to Leading Edge Flight Training in Renfrew, according to the Civil Aviation Authority's aircraft register, external.

It took off from Glasgow Airport on Friday afternoon at 16:17 and stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north east of Drymen in Stirling.

The terminal building at Glasgow AirportImage source, PA Media

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The light aircraft took off from Glasgow Airport, before crashing near Drymen

Earlier the plane had taken off from Cumbernauld Airport at 11:46 on Friday morning, before flying 15 minutes to Glasgow Airport.

It stayed there until about 13:00, before doing a two-hour flight north east to Newport on Tay then turning round and heading back to Glasgow.

It was on the ground at the airport for just over an hour before it took off again and started its final flight.

Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said: "We are aware of an incident involving a light aircraft that departed from Glasgow Airport.

"This is a deeply tragic event, and the thoughts and heartfelt sympathies from all at Glasgow Airport are with the friends and families affected."

Map showing central Scotland with a pin where Glasgow Airport is, then a yellow line to show the aircraft's route towards Loch Lomond before it crashes near Drymen.

Drymen resident Colin Cameron told BBC Scotland News he knew there was a major incident because of all the emergency service activity.

He said he had seen police, ambulances, a serious incident unit and specialist fire engines as well as two helicopters.

It was not until Saturday morning that he heard it had been a light air craft crash, which he described as "awful".