Inquest into pilot killed in mid-air collision

Tributes have been paid to the pilot who died when his plane came down in Bedfordshire after a mid-air crash with another plane.

46-year-old Stephen Spavins has been described as a family man who just loved to fly. Stephen regularly flew from his home in Spalding in Lincolnshire to work in Sandy. But yesterday that routine flight ended in tragedy.

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The pilot who died when his light aircraft crashed in Bedfordshire was 46-year-old Stephen Spavins from Spalding.

Pete Jarvis, Chief Flying Instructor, Bedford Microlite Airsports at Sandy Airfield has been paying tribute. He knew Stephen for 6 and a half years.

Police have named a pilot who was killed when his light aircraft collided with another plane over the Bedfordshire countryside yesterday.

46-year-old Stephen Spavins from Spalding lost his life when his single seater came down in a field near Tempsford on the Cambridgeshire-Bedfordshire border.

It followed a mid-air collision with another single seater which was able to land safety.

The Air Accident Investigation Board is continuing to investigate.

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

One of the aircraft crash landed in a field , while the other was able to land nearby.

Air accident investigators are still at the scene near the A1(M) on the Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire border.

More: Emergency services seal off crash site

Police in Bedfordshire say that they are working hard to ensure that things return to normal as quickly as possible following a light aircraft crash this morning.

The pilot of a light aircraft died after a mid-air collision with another plane over the Bedfordshire countryside at around 8:30.

One of the aircraft crash landed in a field , while the other was able to land nearby.

More: Police seal off crash site

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

Air accident investigators are still at the scene near the village of Tempsford on the Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire border.

The other aircraft was able land safely at Thurleigh airfield.

More: Roads closed as emergency services seal off crash site

A plane has crash landed in Bedfordshire following a mid-air collision between two light aircraft.

One of the planes crashed into a field near to Tempsford, on the border with Cambridgeshire.

The incident happened at around 8:30 this morning.

The other aircraft was able land safely at Thurleigh airfield.

Emergency services are on the scene and the Air Accident Investigation Branch has been notified. The nearby roads are currently closed to traffic.

A light aircraft has crashed in a field in Bedfordshire after a mid-air collision.

Emergency services have been called to the scene near Little Barford, close to the border with Cambridgeshire.

Police were called at 8.30am on Tuesday morning, when there was a mid-air collision between two light aircraft. Both are thought to be single-seaters.

One of the aircraft was able to carry on flying and land safely at Thurleigh airfield, but the other has crashed.

The Air Accident Investigation Board has been notified.

The Barford Road is currently closed to traffic, it is not yet known if anyone has been injured.