Mr Corrigan added, “The focus of the activity will be to investigative inquiries and then recover the aircraft”.
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Formal identification is still to take place, but police believe the victims were all members of a family from the Surrey area.
They were a 56-year-old man, a woman aged 55 and two younger people, a 23-year-old woman and a man aged 20.
Four people were reportedly killed after a six-seater light aircraft crashed in south-western England’s Somerset, police said on Saturday.
Two men and two women – all believed to be from the same family – were heading to Dunkeswell Aerodrome in east Devon when their aircraft crashed.
The aircraft came down just seven miles from its destination.
“The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been informed and is deploying a team of investigators”.
“The plane has been totally wrecked”.
“The victims have been working really closely with our colleagues in the other emergency services in the scene to help make the place safe and ensure the ensuing investigation can continue”.
Churchinford is located within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, south of Taunton.
The fire service sent three fire appliances, three specialist vehicles and five officers, to deal with the incident – 27 personnel in total.
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The cause of the crash is as yet unknown.
