FORTH PLANE CRASH REPORT

A police report into a plane crash in the Firth of Forth, which killed two people, has been handed over to the Procurator Fiscal.

The Shorts 360 aircraft, which was heading for Belfast, crashed shortly after taking off from Edinburgh Airport.

Two men died when their Royal Mail plane, operated by Loganair, crashed into the Firth of Forth in February 2001.

A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Force said the report was comprehensive and covered all the circumstances surrounding the accident.

An air-sea rescue operation was launched on the evening of 27 February after the aircraft crashed into the Firth of Forth off Granton in north Edinburgh.

Rescue teams, which were dispatched to the scene but were unable to save the aircrew.