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| Microlight pilot crashes into pylon | Microlight pilot crashes into pylon |
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| A microlight has hit an electricity pylon and burst into flames near Rochester in Kent. | A microlight has hit an electricity pylon and burst into flames near Rochester in Kent. |
| A witness described seeing a "flash right across the sky" as the aircraft came down in a field off Burrows Lane, in the Middle Stoke area. | |
| The condition of the pilot is not known but fire crews had to use foam to extinguish the flames. | The condition of the pilot is not known but fire crews had to use foam to extinguish the flames. |
| Representatives from UK Power Networks and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch are at the scene. | Representatives from UK Power Networks and the Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch are at the scene. |
| Louise Holloway, who lives nearby, said: "I was outside in the garden and heard this huge bang. | |
| "There was a massive orange flash right across the sky. | |
| "One man ran across the field but there was no way the pilot could have got out. It's really sad." |