Three British citizens, two Irish people and a Spaniard have been killed in a plane crash at Cork Airport in the Irish Republic.
Of the six survivors, two of whom walked away from the mangled wreckage of the 18-seater turboprop aircraft, two are British citizens, two are from Northern Ireland and the others are from Waterford and Cork in the Irish Republic, police sources confirmed.
Some of the dead were understood to be the crew, as well as some employees of the KPMG accountancy firm based in Belfast, including a partner in the business, Pat Cullinan, originally from Omagh, Co Tyrone.
The only woman on the flight, who was from the UK, survived. It is understood another of the men who died was a businessman from Cookstown, Co Tyrone.
A casualty information bureau has been set up at the airport with staff operating a helpline on +353 (0) 21 4328 820. Aer Lingus cancelled four flights in and out of Cork after the accident while a number of others have been diverted to Shannon.
The Health Service Executive said four of the injured were in a serious condition and the other two injured were described as comfortable.
Jurgen Whyte, senior inspector with the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU), said the plane had crashed, inverted and caught fire about 1,000ft down the runway.
The AAIU will examine air traffic control tapes, radar information, weather reports and the condition and operation of the aircraft to establish the cause of the crash.
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