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| Light plane ends up on its roof | Light plane ends up on its roof |
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| A light aircraft ended up on its roof after an instructor and trainee pilot made an emergency landing in a field. | A light aircraft ended up on its roof after an instructor and trainee pilot made an emergency landing in a field. |
| The plane came down near Gorseinon, Swansea, after apparent engine trouble while en route from Manchester. | The plane came down near Gorseinon, Swansea, after apparent engine trouble while en route from Manchester. |
| One of the crew has been airlifted to hospital with minor injuries and the other has gone home. | One of the crew has been airlifted to hospital with minor injuries and the other has gone home. |
| The Cessna 172 four-seater aircraft ended up upside down on its roof but appeared to be intact after the incident at around 1630 GMT. | The Cessna 172 four-seater aircraft ended up upside down on its roof but appeared to be intact after the incident at around 1630 GMT. |
| Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the incident at Grovesend, close to the M4 motorway, between junctions 47 and 48. | Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the incident at Grovesend, close to the M4 motorway, between junctions 47 and 48. |
| Sam Burder, aged 15, was in his garden with his brother when he heard the plane crash in a nearby field. | Sam Burder, aged 15, was in his garden with his brother when he heard the plane crash in a nearby field. |
| He said: "I heard a crash and looked down and it was a plane on its roof. It was really low - I was a bit nervous." | He said: "I heard a crash and looked down and it was a plane on its roof. It was really low - I was a bit nervous." |
| Sam Border heard the plane as it made its emergency landing | Sam Border heard the plane as it made its emergency landing |
| He said an air ambulance, fire engines and police cars were soon at the scene. | He said an air ambulance, fire engines and police cars were soon at the scene. |
| "My friends was coming down the road and he said there was fire engines and police cars everywhere - at least six police cars." | "My friends was coming down the road and he said there was fire engines and police cars everywhere - at least six police cars." |
| Another eye witness, Paul Gorvett, who lives nearby and who also owns a small plane, said: "It appears the plane developed an engine problem. | Another eye witness, Paul Gorvett, who lives nearby and who also owns a small plane, said: "It appears the plane developed an engine problem. |
| "The instructor performed an emergency landing - he did a very good job, it was a marvellous effort. They both did very well. It must have been a horrible experience." | "The instructor performed an emergency landing - he did a very good job, it was a marvellous effort. They both did very well. It must have been a horrible experience." |
| what a great job landing, both pilots are ok and i wish them a speedy recoverydr.amed, llanelli | |
| I saw the cessna at exactly 4:45pm whilst I was leaving a house near the reverend james pub in gorseinon. There was a robinson r22 helicopter that appeared to be tracking the same course and I remarked to the wife of the man I was visiting "I hope they each know the other is there", as i left fire tenders converged from the pontarddulais and ogrseinon directions as well a two ambulances and turned down a dead end road in grovesend beside the playing field. I also noticed the local air ambulance coming down into what appeared to be the marsh area. Felix Cronin, Pontarddulais | |