Police name plane crash death trio
A couple with two children who married last summer were among the three victims of a plane crash which closed one of the country's busiest rail routes, it emerged.
British Transport Police (BTP) said Nick O'Brien, 35, and his 29-year-old wife Emma, from Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, were passengers on board the light aircraft when it crashed at Little Haywood, near Stafford, at about noon on Friday.
A BTP spokeswoman said the couple had two sons, Callum, aged 10, and 18-month-old Joel.
It is understood that the pilot of the plane, Alan Matthews, knew Mr O'Brien through his work with a Birmingham-based demolition firm.
Mr Matthews, a member of a flying club based near Lichfield, Staffordshire, was said by friends to be a well-liked and proficient pilot who had almost two decades of flying experience, often making trips to France and Spain.
