Two dead as light aircraft plunges into ‘murky’ lake

The two-seater plane, which is thought to be a vintage Yak and capable of aerobatics, was one of three aircraft flying in formation before it came down, witnesses said.

The emergency services were last night working to recover the bodies from the wreckage, which lay at the bottom of a deep and “murky” private fishing lake in Maldon, Essex.

An Essex fire service spokesman said: “A crash investigation will be carried out but we have found some debris at the side of the lake and the plane is completely submerged so it appears that the aircraft clipped the trees before ditching into the lake.”