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| Light aircraft crash-lands in Cheltenham garden | Light aircraft crash-lands in Cheltenham garden |
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| A light aircraft has crash-landed in the rear garden of a home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. | A light aircraft has crash-landed in the rear garden of a home in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |
| An emergency system on board the single-engine Cirrus was deployed, releasing a parachute to lower the plane down. | An emergency system on board the single-engine Cirrus was deployed, releasing a parachute to lower the plane down. |
| A police spokesperson said the pilot, a 76-year-old man from London, suffered minor injuries in the crash. | A police spokesperson said the pilot, a 76-year-old man from London, suffered minor injuries in the crash. |
| Homeowner's son Jamie Greeff said he was in bed at the time and the noise was like "something out of a movie". | |
| 'Pilot yelling' | 'Pilot yelling' |
| "We have building work going on next door and all the builders were yelling, and I just thought it was building equipment," said Jamie, 16. | "We have building work going on next door and all the builders were yelling, and I just thought it was building equipment," said Jamie, 16. |
| "The next thing I know my dad is yelling at me that a plane has crashed into the garden. | "The next thing I know my dad is yelling at me that a plane has crashed into the garden. |
| "And then I look out the back and there is this plane in the trees and the pilot was yelling that he was all right". | "And then I look out the back and there is this plane in the trees and the pilot was yelling that he was all right". |
| Emergency crews were called to Langdale Road in Up Hatherley at 10:45 BST. | Emergency crews were called to Langdale Road in Up Hatherley at 10:45 BST. |
| Nearby houses were evacuated as a precaution while the fire service made the scene safe, said a police spokesman. | Nearby houses were evacuated as a precaution while the fire service made the scene safe, said a police spokesman. |
| The scene of the accident is 2.5 miles (4km) from Gloucestershire Airport, at Staverton. | The scene of the accident is 2.5 miles (4km) from Gloucestershire Airport, at Staverton. |
| 'Loud noise' | |
| The airport said the Cirrus aircraft was inbound at the time of the incident. | The airport said the Cirrus aircraft was inbound at the time of the incident. |
| "The pilot deployed an emergency parachute system and the aircraft landed in a residential garden near the Hatherley area of Cheltenham," said a spokesperson. | "The pilot deployed an emergency parachute system and the aircraft landed in a residential garden near the Hatherley area of Cheltenham," said a spokesperson. |
| David Shatford, from Cheltenham, watched the drama from scaffolding whilst working on a nearby home. | |
| "We heard a big loud noise, [the plane] was spinning in the parachute and landed in the trees about 12ft away from us," he said. | |
| "We stood back, and then I went towards the plane - me and another gentleman - and helped the pilot out. He was all shook up and didn't talk much." |