The bodies of two people have been found amid the wreckage of a light aircraft after it crashed near a loch in western Scotland . Police began combing woodland in Argyll this afternoon following reports of a small plane losing contact with ground control . At around 8pm this evening officers discovered the remains of the two passengers thought to have been on board . The bodies of two people have been discovered amid wreckage after a small aircraft was reported missing around 30 miles east of Oban this afternoon . Lifeboats , helicopters and the police were scrambled near Loch Etive , about 30 miles from Oban . It comes after a rescue operation was launched in the Beinn nan Lus area of Glen Kinglass earlier today . 'Police Scotland has been working with partner agencies throughout the day to locate the aircraft and our thoughts are with the families of the victims , ' said Chief Inspector Fergus Byrne . 'Enquiries are continuing to establish the exact circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal . 'Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact police via the non-emergency number 101 . ' Lifeboats and helicopters were scrambled to help locate the missing plane today after it vanished around 30 miles east of Oban . It is understood the plane had been travelling from central Scotland to Tiree , the most westerly island of the inner Hebrides when it was reported to have dived . The Maritime and Coastguard Agency earlier said that three coastguard teams had been sent to the scene . Search and rescue : Helicopters were seen looking for the plane and the two people that were on board this afternoon . The plane was travelling from central Scotland to Tiree , the most westerly island of the inner Hebrides , when it went missing . A spokesman for Police Scotland said an emergency call was made at 1.50pm this afternoon when the plane lost radar contact near Beinn Nan Lus , a boggy hill near Glen Kinglass in Argyll .
The bodies of two passengers have been found amid wreckage in Argyll . Small aircraft lost contact with ground control at this afternoon . Investigators believed it may have crashed some 30 miles east of Oban .