Overview
- The missing 30cm parachute component containing propellant was found on Saturday, 7 February by a member of the public and safely retrieved, Greater Manchester Police said.
- Victims were named as pilot Arian Abbasi, 36, from Harrow, and Mustafa Qays Obadey, 39, from Greenford, with families paying tribute through police statements.
- Photos showed a parachute caught on a nearby pylon, and its deployment forms part of the ongoing investigation.
- The aircraft, a Cirrus SR20 registered G-GXVV, departed Birmingham Airport’s XLR Executive Jet Centre around 10am on 3 February, with its last signal about 40 minutes later near Marsden, West Yorkshire.
- Opening inquests are listed for 17 February at Rochdale Coroner’s Court, and police continue to seek witnesses quoting log 1056 of 03/02/26.