Loch Lomond crash: boy, 16, and man, 80, killed in light aircraft crash near Drymen

Major incident declared after fatal plane crash

The victims were a 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man, who were both found dead after the aircraft came down near Drymen on Friday afternoon. The village lies a few miles from Loch Lomond.

Police confirmed that the families of both victims had been notified, BBC Scotland News reported.

Flight records reveal aircraft’s final journey

The aircraft, identified as a Piper Tomahawk II, had departed Glasgow Airport at 16:17. Around 20 minutes into the journey, contact with the plane was lost in an area north-east of Drymen.

Records held by the Civil Aviation Authority list the aircraft as belonging to Leading Edge Flight Training, which operates from Renfrew Airport.

Its final journey came after a busy day of flying. The plane had completed three earlier flights, including a trip from Cumbernauld to Glasgow and a return journey to Newport-on-Tay that lasted approximately two hours.

Authorities have since restricted airspace around the crash site as the Air Accidents Investigation Branch works to establish what happened. The inquiry is ongoing.

Local resident discovers deadly plane crash the morning after

Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said the airport had been informed of the incident and expressed his condolences to the families and friends of those who died.

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

The response was substantial enough to draw the attention of residents in Drymen, with police vehicles, ambulances, specialist firefighting equipment and two helicopters arriving in the area on Friday evening.

Local resident Colin Cameron said he had witnessed the activity but did not initially know what had prompted it. He only discovered the following morning that a plane had crashed nearby.

Cameron described the news as “awful” after learning that the incident had claimed two lives.

The investigation will now focus on determining why the aircraft went down and what led to the loss of contact during its flight.