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Fatal plane crash

The daughter of the pilot who died with two other men in a weekend plane crash in County Down has been describing her father's love of flying.

The accident happened close to Kilkeel on Friday evening, killing 53-year-old pilot Hugh McKnight and his passengers Stephen Annett and Andrew Burden, who were both aged 24.

Investigators are trying to establish exactly why the light aircraft came down.

Our reporter Conor Macauley was at the scene over the weekend and reported live from near the crash site on this evening's BBC Newsline.

Annalong plane crash - BBC Newsline report >

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Laura Carlisle

Hugh McKnight's grieving daughter, Laura Carlisle spoke at length to Conor about her family's loss.

Interview with pilot's daughter >

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last updated: 15/06/2009 at 19:30
created: 15/06/2009

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