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| A pilot has had a lucky escape after his plane crashed into a tree at a golf course in Dundee. | A pilot has had a lucky escape after his plane crashed into a tree at a golf course in Dundee. |
| The light aircraft struck the tree on the 15th hole at the city's Caird Park Golf Course, at about 1650 BST, hitting the trunk at about 100ft up. | |
| The pilot, who was the only person on board, suffered a head wound, and was later rescued from the two-seater plane by the emergency services. | |
| Nobody on the golf course was injured, according to reports from the scene. | |
| The incident sparked a large emergency response, with police, fire service and ambulance staff attending. | |
| Speaking from the scene, BBC Scotland reporter Andrew Anderson said the man flying the plane had been described as "walking wounded". | Speaking from the scene, BBC Scotland reporter Andrew Anderson said the man flying the plane had been described as "walking wounded". |
| He said: "We're about two or three miles from Dundee Airport and there is a flying club there and a pilot training club and presumably, this pilot judging by the direction the plane's pointing in, was trying to make the airport." | |
| "The plane hit the tree, about 100 feet up - it's a big tree and (the pilot) has gone straight into the trunk of it." | |
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