 The aircraft crashed into a field of wheat |
Two people were killed when an historic aeroplane crashed into a wheat field during an air show in Cambridgeshire. The Fairey Firefly vintage naval aircraft with two crew, came down away from the airfield, on the eastern side of the M11 at around 1430 BST.
The aircraft was taking part in the Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford's Imperial War Museum, near Cambridge, attended by thousands of enthusiasts.
It was part of a fleet of vintage military aircraft based at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset.
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said an investigation would be launched into the cause of the crash.
Air accident investigators this week called for a safety review at Duxford after a fatal jet crash on the nearby M11 motorway in June last year.
On that occasion, a privately-owned former Soviet air force L-39 military jet trainer came to rest on the motorway after going through the boundary fence at Duxford. The Fairey Firefly entered service in July 1943 and became the Royal Navy's main carrier-borne fighter reconnaissance aircraft.
The crashed plane was rebuilt in the 1990s.
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed two people had died.
He said one person was found in the field. The other was being released from the wreckage.
A spokeswoman for the airshow said it would continue on the Saturday and then on Sunday.
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