Men killed in Hastings plane crash named

A police photographer at the scene of yesterday's plane crash which killed two men. Photo / Paul Taylor

Police have named the two men who died in a small plane crash near Hastings yesterday.

The two men were local pilot Christopher Rawlings, 48, of Clive, and Christopher Howell, 46, of the United Kingdom.

The Civil Aviation Authority has now taken over the investigation of the crash.