Model plane kills man at French air show

A pensioner was killed by a remote control model plane which flew into his chest.

A spectator at the aviation show in Crozon, north-west France, said: "An 84-year-old man was watching a stunt flying display with his wife when the plane spun out of control. It hit the man full in the chest and one of the wings clipped his face."

Paramedics arrived but the man died at the scene.

The plane, with a wing span of four feet and shaped like a jet fighter, was flown by an experienced amateur aged 30 who lost control.

He, the victim's wife and a nine-year-old boy standing nearby were taken to a trauma unit at a nearby hospital.

Police said: "The man who was flying the plane is naturally devastated after what appeared to be a tragic accident."