The man in charge of a light aircraft that crashed in Essex was an experienced British Airways pilot, it has emerged. Andrew Sully and 29-year-old Simon Chamberlain died in Saturday afternoon's crash near Chelmsford.
British Airways confirmed Mr Sully, from Writtle, near Chelmsford, was "a highly-respected and popular member" of its "pilot team". The YAK 52 plane they crashed in has been taken away for investigation. Mark Reynolds saw the accident and described how the cockpit had "bent underneath" the plane.
Mr Reynolds, a chef at a pub opposite the crash site, said he was standing outside on a break with a colleague when they saw the plane overhead.
"While standing out the back of the building we saw a plane overhead doing what seemed to be, at first sight, aerobatics," he said.
