Shropshire Star

Two escape plane crash as light aircraft ditches just after take–off

A plane registered to an airfield near Shropshire has crashed in a field shortly after taking off from Guernsey Airport.

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The two occupants of the light aircraft walked away uninjured, but were taken to hospital as a precaution.

The aircraft is registered to Wolverhampton Airport in Bobbington, near Bridgnorth.

Searches were carried out on the grounds before emergency services confirmed no-one else was injured in the crash.

Eyewitnesses said they saw black smoke coming from the back of the plane which then started to tilt to the right before banking to the right quickly and crashing into the ground.

Some nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution after the alarm was raised shortly after 5pm yesterday.

Emergency services were planning to unload the fuel, about 200 litres, from the plane. But due to a suspected fuel leak the plane was covered in foam while the leak was investigated.

Homes in the area were evacuated following the accident and residents were not allowed back into their properties until 9pm.

The airport was closed while the airport fire crews responded to the emergency.

Airport director Colin Le Ray helped co-ordinate the rescue effort. He said the single-engine private aircraft reported an incident to the east of the airfield shortly after take-off.

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