Overview
- Police said emergency services were called after a Piper Tomahawk II lost transmissions about 20 minutes into a flight that departed Glasgow shortly after 4.15pm on 16 October and crashed north‑east of Drymen.
- A 16‑year‑old boy and an 80‑year‑old man were pronounced dead at the scene and their next of kin have been informed.
- The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has opened a safety investigation, a team has travelled to the cordoned crash site, and police have imposed temporary airspace restrictions that ban drone activity.
- The aircraft is reported to be registered to Leading Edge Flight Training, which and Glasgow Airport have expressed condolences and said they are assisting inquiries while local tributes to the instructor circulate.
- The Piper Tomahawk II is a two‑seat training aircraft commonly used for trial lessons, and the AAIB process can take time as investigators gather wreckage, flight‑tracking data and witness evidence to establish the cause.