INVESTIGATORS are continuing to probe the circumstances surrounding a Suffolk plane crash that left its pilot dead.

The light aircraft came down at Aldham, near Hadleigh, around 11.20am on Saturday.

A man’s body was found in the wreckage of the aircraft by firefighters.

Police said last night formal identification of the man – who was flying alone – had not yet taken place.

A spokesman for the Air Accident Investigation Branch said they were continuing to work out what caused the plane to crash land.

One villager told the East Anglian Daily Times he watched as the plane narrowly missed his home and several others before plunging into the ground, taking power lines with it.