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One person feared dead after aircraft crashes on the Black Isle across the Moray Firth





One person is feared dead after a light aircraft crashed into a field on the Black Isle.

A major rescue operation was launched after the aircraft, believed to be a gyrocopter, came down between the villages of Avoch and Munlochy.

The alarm was raised at 12.55pm today.

It is not known how many people were on board the two-seater but it is understood that one person was killed.

Police blocked off roads around the scene.

Emergency services at Easter Bennetsfield Farm on Black Isle for plane crash...Picture: Gary Anthony..
Emergency services at Easter Bennetsfield Farm on Black Isle for plane crash...Picture: Gary Anthony..
Emergency services at Easter Bennetsfield Farm on Black Isle for plane crash...Picture: Gary Anthony..
Emergency services at Easter Bennetsfield Farm on Black Isle for plane crash...Picture: Gary Anthony..

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