A pilot and a young child tragically died when their plane crashed nose-down during a skydiving exercise, an inquest heard. Neil Bowditch, 47, and seven-year-old Kacper Kacprzak, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, were killed during the accident in the Republic of Ireland in May 2018.
Somerset Coroner's Court in Taunton heard Kacpter's dad was among 16 skydivers who had jumped 13,000ft from the aircraft shortly before the tragic incident.
He'd had permission from his parents to fly and had done so already on previous occasions. An investigation determined the accident likely occurred due to a loss of control in a "steeply banked left-hand turn, leading to a rapid loss of altitude", Tony Williams, senior coroner for Somerset, said.
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