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Last Updated: Thursday, 8 December 2005, 15:09 GMT
Cause of air crash still unclear
Crash scene
The plane came down near a children's theme park
An inquiry into a fatal air accident in Bournemouth in August 2004 has been unable to find the cause of the crash.

The plane was taking off from Hurn Airport when it suffered a loss of power and crashed into fencing nearby.

Passenger Andrew Anderson, from Guernsey, was killed but the pilot Rob le Page, and the second passenger, Dave Bougourd, survived the accident.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch said a problem with the fuel supply or ignition system may have been to blame.

The Guernsey-based Tobago aircraft had refuelled at Bournemouth en route to Henstridge in Somerset.

It came down near the southwest corner of the airport - 20 yards from the entrance to the Alice in Wonderland theme park, which was packed with about 400 children.

In its conclusion the AAIB said: "The reason for the loss of power could not be established from the available evidence but, whilst some failures could be ruled out, it was not possible to eliminate carburettor icing, a fuel supply or an ignition problem."




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