A pilot and a young child died when their plane crashed during a skydiving exercise, an inquest heard. Neil Bowditch, 47, and seven-year-old Kacper Kacprzak, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, were killed during the accident in the Republic of Ireland in May 2018. Mr Bowditch was flying the Cessna light aircraft as part of a skydiving exercise at Clonbullogue Airfield in Co Offaly. Somerset Coroner’s Court in Taunton heard 16 skydivers, including Kacper’s father, had jumped from the aircraft at an altitude of 13,000ft shortly before the incident. While returning to the airfield, the pilot advised by radio he was on “left base” ahead of the approach leg to land.