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Two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed in Greater Manchester, police have said.
The small Cirrus SR 20 plane came down on a patch of farmland close to the M62 in Littleborough, Rochdale, at about 11:00 GMT.
The plane had taken off from the XLR Executive Jet Centre - which specialises in VIP clients - at Birmingham Airport at about 10:00.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said an investigation was under way, with a team sent to the crash scene.
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