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Pilot dies after light aircraft crashes in Fife

The plane came down at around 11.40am on Monday near the village of Kinglassie.

Susan Nicholson

A pilot has died in a light aircraft crash in Fife.

The 50-year-old man was the only person on board the plane which came down near Kinglassie on Monday morning.

An eyewitness described how he heard the engine stalling and then saw the plane ‘nosedive’.

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