An air crash near Dubai International Airport, which killed a Manxman and three others, is thought to have been caused by turbulence from another aircraft.

An initial report - carried out by French investigators Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses - investigated the cause of the Diamond DA-62 plane crash on May 16 in which co-pilot Will Blackburn,who grew up in Douglas, tragically lost his life.

It states that video footage showed the aircraft ’encountered possible wake turbulence at about 1,100 feet, following an Airbus A350, which landed on the parallel runway 30R’.

The fatal accident, the report said, was on the approach to the airport runway for a ground navigation equipment inspection flight.

The propeller aircraft came down about three miles south of the airport, claiming the lives of two other Britons and a South African who were also aboard the four-seater UK-registered light aircraft.

Mr Blackburn was working for Flight Calibration Services, based at Shoreham Airport in West Sussex, which owned the aircraft.

Crew members were flying to calibrate terrestrial navigation systems at the airport, which was being refurbished.

An investigation by the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority continues.

Mr Blackburn, 26, was said to be ’the nicest guy you’d ever meet’ by his family, who paid tribute to the ’selfless’ young pilot in the Isle of Man Examiner on May 21.

He had trained in New Zealand in 2015 before qualifying as a commercial pilot in 2017 and was gaining flying miles for experience before coming back to the Isle of Man to live and work as a first officer on a private jet.