One dead in light aircraft crash

One person has been killed as a light aircraft with two people on board crashed near Bethesda in Gwynedd.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, who were involved in the rescue, said the other occupant of the plane had been airlifted to hospital.

The aircraft, heading from Caernarfon to Herefordshire, crashed near the village of Rachub on Monday evening.

North Wales Police confirmed one person had died at the scene. Another is said to be "stable" in hospital in Bangor.

The crash happened near Llanllechid and Rachub, at the mouth of the Ogwen Valley.

Chris Lloyd, from Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team, said he believed the plane had clipped a slope and flipped over.

"It looks like the aircraft was just slightly too low to get over the ridge.

"Had he been another 100ft high he would have got over."

Mr Lloyd added they had been "evidence gathering" at the location "to find any traces or bits of aircraft or anything else".

A team from RAF Valley was also involved in the search and rescue operation.

The aircraft was on its way from Caernarfon airport to Shobdon airfield in Herefordshire.