The authorities of Scotland have confirmed this Saturday the death of a 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man after the accident of a small plane registered on Friday in the vicinity of Loch Lomond, in the west of the country.
According to the information collected by the British network BBC, emergency services received the notice of the incident on Friday afternoon, around 4:45 PM (local time). Early on Saturday, a group of agents went to the area to cordon off and seal a door leading to a hill where it is believed the impact may have occurred.
As a safety measure, temporary restrictions have been established in the airspace of the affected area while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) conducts inquiries into what happened.
A spokesperson for the AAIB has explained that a specialized team has been dispatched to the accident site, near Drymen, north of Glasgow, to "conduct inquiries and gather evidence as part of the safety investigation process."
The initial conclusions suggest that the small plane took off from Glasgow airport on Friday afternoon at 4:17 PM (local time) and stopped emitting signals at 4:37 PM, when it was flying over an area near Drymen.
Before this last flight, the aircraft had covered a route between Cumbernauld airport and Glasgow, where it remained on the ground until 1:00 PM. It then made a trip of about two hours to the northeast, to Newport on Tay, before returning again to Glasgow. According to the authorities, the small plane was on the ground for just over an hour before taking off for the last time.
"This is a deeply tragic event, and all of us at Glasgow airport send our sincerest condolences to the friends and family affected," lamented the director of Glasgow airport.