Summary:
A pilot and passenger have died in a light aircraft crash in Cheshire.

Full article:
By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 02:50 EST, 17 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:43 EST, 17 August 2012 . Two men have been killed in a light aircraft crash on England’s border with Wales. Police have confirmed their plane came down near the village of Churton, south of Chester, last night. The two victims of the crash have not yet been named. Crash scene: Police guard the area in a field where the pilot and passenger came down in a light aircraft last night near Chester . 'Sadly the two men on board the aircraft, one from North Wales and a second man from Surrey, sustained fatal injuries,' a Cheshire Police spokeswoman said today. 'Their next of kin have been informed but formal identification has not yet taken place.' The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been informed. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said . last night it was called to Chapel Lane, Aldford, at 8.45pm after . reports that a light aircraft crashed in a field. 'Two . fire engines from Chester went to the scene and on arrival crews found a . two-seater plane had crashed into a field,' a spokesman said. 'Police . and paramedics were also on the scene and firefighters assisted them in . gaining access to the aircraft which contained two men.'