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image captionAndrew Buck was inexperienced at flying in mountainous areas, a coroner heard
A pilot and his teenage passenger were killed when they crashed while checking on a downed plane, a coroner has heard.
Their inquest heard they were part of a group of four planes from Eshott in Northumberland which took a wrong turn up a valley on their journey to Malta.
Sunderland assistant coroner Andrew Tweddle said it was a tragedy and concluded both deaths were accidental.
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image captionLewis Stubbs was a passenger in the two-seater plane
The inquest heard the three single-seater planes and the two-seater piloted by Mr Buck left England on 21 July 2019, travelling in 80-minute legs.
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