A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man have died after a light aircraft crashed near Drymen, close to Loch Lomond in Scotland. Emergency services were called at about 16:45 BST on Friday, and both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police information reported by the BBC. Their next of kin have been informed.
The aircraft came down a few miles north-east of Drymen in the Stirling Council area. Police officers remained near the site on Saturday, with access to a hill off Old Drymen Road cordoned off while investigators began their work. Temporary restrictions were placed on the airspace above the area.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch sent a team to gather evidence and make initial inquiries. That process is a safety investigation intended to establish what happened and identify lessons; the supplied reporting gives no cause for the crash. No conclusion about mechanical failure, weather or pilot actions can be drawn from the available evidence.
The plane was identified as a Piper Tomahawk II registered to Leading Edge Flight Training in Renfrew. Flight information cited in the report showed it departing Glasgow Airport at 16:17 on Friday and ceasing transmission at 16:37, several miles north-east of Drymen. Earlier in the day, the aircraft had flown from Cumbernauld Airport to Glasgow, then completed a longer flight toward Newport-on-Tay before returning to Glasgow. It took off again after spending just over an hour on the ground.
Glasgow Airport managing director Gavin Birch-Williams acknowledged that an aircraft which had departed the airport was involved and expressed sympathy for the victims’ families and friends. The airport statement did not offer further information about the circumstances of the accident.
A Drymen resident described extensive emergency activity in the area, including police, ambulances, specialist fire vehicles and helicopters. That account indicates the scale of the response but does not add evidence about why the aircraft came down.
The deaths leave investigators with several factual questions, including the aircraft’s condition, its flight path and the environment during the final minutes. Those issues will be examined through evidence gathered at the site and other records. Until the AAIB publishes findings, the confirmed picture remains limited: two people died, the aircraft crashed shortly after leaving Glasgow Airport, and a formal safety inquiry is under way. Investigators, rather than early speculation, will determine the accident sequence. Any recommendations will depend on evidence still being collected and analyzed. The report gives no timetable for findings.
