'It looked like the craft just literally dropped out of the sky' - two men die in Kildare plane crashThe privately owned plane took off from a small airstrip outside Athy at around 7.20pm yesterday. Minutes later it disappeared and a search for the missing craft was immediately launched. Rescuers said there was no debris at the scene or any immediate indication why the craft crashed. "It looked like the craft just literally dropped out of the sky, like a stone", one said today. The Air Accident Investigation Unit said in a statement confirmed that they are also investigating the crash.

Source: Irish Independent June 14, 2019 09:54 UTC