TRIBUTES have been paid to a British pilot who drowned off a Benidorm beach.
Robbie Conington, 30, has been named as the tourist who died after getting into difficulties when he took an evening dip in the sea with two friends late last Friday.
Robbie Conington, 30, has been named as the Brit who died off the Benidorm beach[/caption]
Robbie was described as a ‘great friend and all-round great guy’[/caption]
Today he was described as a “spark that ignited every room he entered” by his bosses.
Another pal called him an “incredible aviator, great friend and all-round great guy.”
News of the holiday tragedy first emerged at the weekend when Spanish police confirmed a British tourist’s body had been recovered.
They said he had gone into the sea with two friends who returned to Benidorm’s Levante Beach unharmed.
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