Bedfordshire air crash: Police name dead pilot

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Investigators sift through wreckage of aircraft Credit: ITV Anglia

The pilot of a light aircraft has died after a mid-air collision with another plane over the Bedfordshire countryside.

It happened near the A1 on the Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire border. One of the aircraft crash-landed in a field, the other was able to land nearby.

Smashed wreckage was left laying in a field alongside the A1 in Bedfordshire, it's all that remains of the light aircraft which fell from the sky after a mid air collision. Investigators have been slowly picky picking through the pieces.

It's understood the wrecked aircraft was a Kitfox plane which is officially classed as a micro light

The aircraft involved in the crash was a Kitfox Credit: CAA

Police say its likely it took off from an airfield in Sandy but officers are still continuing with their investigations.

The airfield where the crashed plane left from Credit: ITV Anglia

The other plane involved in the incident was a 4 seater Cesna. It sustained minor damage and It flew on to Thurleigh airfield about 15 miles away and made a safe landing.

Police have named the pilot as 46-year-old Stephen Spavins from Spalding.

The Air Accident Investigation Board is continuing to investigate.

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