Light aircraft crash at Manchester Airport
24.07.08
A plane carrying an instructor and his student crashed at the City of Manchester Airport yesterday, the Manchester Evening News reports The fire service was called to the former Barton Aerodrome just before midday, after a light aircraft, from Ravenair training School, crashed close to the runway.
The newspaper reports that the passenger emerged from the plane a little shaken while fire services had to cut the pilot free before he was air-lifted to hospital.
An eye-witness said: ‘He was coming into land and all of sudden the engine went quiet and then there was a big back fire from the plane followed by a loud bump as it hit the ground. It sounded like the engine cut out or something and straight away we knew the plane had crashed. Within seconds, the alarms at the airport went off.’
Operations manager at Ravenair Steve Barker told the MEN: ‘I can confirm that we did have an incident today at Barton. The air craft came down off the runway. The student in the plane was taken to Trafford General Hospital for checks, while the pilot was air lifted to Wythenshawe Hospital as a precaution due to back injuries. However, I have spoken to him and he is in very good spirits.’
The airport was closed for a few hours, but it was fully operational before the end of the day.
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