Microlight crash on Ben More claims two lives

Inquiries are continuing into a microlight plane crash which claimed the lives of two men.

The accident happened when the microlight crashed near the summit of Ben More, near Crianlarich, in Stirlingshire, on Saturday afternoon.

Last night, police were still investigating the incident.

A Central Scotland Police spokesman said: “Two men have died but inquiries are at an early stage.”

Ben More is a 3851ft Munro in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

The area, one of the most scenic in Scotland, attracts thousands of visitors each year and is a popular spot for outdoor activities.

Saturday’s crash comes exactly a month after another microlight crashed in nearby Clackmannanshire.

Adrian Paterson, 49, was killed when his aircraft plunged into a field in Kennet.

He died after the microlight aircraft he was piloting crashed 100 metres into a field.

After the crash Gordon Douglas, chief flying instructor and owner of East of Scotland Microlights, a school based at East Fortune Airfield in East Lothian, which trains people to fly microlights, said that anyone wishing to fly one in the UK must have a proper pilot’s licence to reduce accidents in future.