Pilot killed in light aircraft crash with passenger was weeks from starting 'dream' job at commercial airline, family reveal

Arian Abbasi, 36, died alongside another man when their Cirrus light aircraft plunged into a field in Littleborough, Rochdale, shortly after 11am on Tuesday.


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