Wreckage of plane being recovered

Rescue teams are working to recover the wreckage of a light aircraft which crashed off the North Yorkshire coast.

The two-seater plane, a 38 Piper, was seen coming down into the sea close to Robin Hood's Bay on Friday afternoon.

The pilot's body was found by police divers on Saturday. He was a middle-aged man from Ripon, said a police spokesman.

Humber Coastguard said the person on board had transmitted a Mayday message before the plane crashed.

The Air Accident Investigation Branch intends to examine the wreckage to find out why the plane crashed.

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