Air crash investigators confirm type of microlight plane involved in double fatal crash in Northern Ireland
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The Air Accident Investigation Branch have confirmed that the aircraft involved in Tuesday’s double fatal plane crash in Northern Ireland was an Aeroprakt A32 Vixxen.
This appears to be a relatively new type of plane and some details (including this video) are on the www.foxbataircraft.com website.
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Hide AdThe specs the site gives for the A32 is that it can hold one pilot and one passenger (apparently side-by-side), has a top speed of 125kts (144mph) and stalls at speeds lower than 27 kts (31mph).
It can climb 750ft per minute, and can stay in the air a maximum of 10 hours.
There is only one other mention of such an aircraft in the AAIB’s accident archives; a minor incident last year in Lancashire where a plane’s engine was starved of fuel and had to make a rough landing (there were no injuries).
The crash on Tuesday at Newtownards airfield killed Philip Murdock and Caroline Mawhinney.
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Hide AdThere is as yet no indication of what may have caused the crash.
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