Whirlwind caused newlyweds' deaths

The Fullers married a few days before their deaths

A newlywed couple and their marriage witnesses died after the aeroplane they were flying in was brought down by a whirlwind, an inquest has heard.

Paul and Lorellei Fuller from the Isle of Sheppey, were killed along with Shaun and Angela Lawrence, from Doncaster, who had been witnesses at the wedding in Cuba.

The hearing at Doncaster Magistrates' Court was told the two couples were flying back from a dolphin-spotting trip when part of the left wing of their plane was torn off by the wind.

Thirteen passengers and three crew were killed when the single-engine Antonov AN-2 bi-plane crashed into a lagoon near the city of Santa Clara on 14 March 2002.

The couples had met while on holiday and Mr and Mrs Fuller had asked the Lawrences to be witnesses at their wedding.

Witnesses told Cuban investigators they had seen a whirlwind shortly before the plane crashed.

Coroner Stanley Hooper recorded verdicts of accidental death on all four victims.

After the inquest on Tuesday Mrs Fuller's brother Michael Wake said: "They had gone out there specifically to get married.

"We expected them back to have a wedding party. It was devastating."