FIREFIGHTERS were on the scene at a light aircraft crash today (October 25) in a North Yorkshire village.
Crews from Pickering, Sherburn and Scarborough responded to reports of the crash in Ebberston at 2.24pm.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “The aircraft had collided with a wall, the pilot was out of the plane on arrival and transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“Crews assisted with fuel leaking from the plane and stood by until the plane was recovered.”
A spokesperson for Pickering Fire Station said: "Fortunately the pilot was not trapped, therefore crews assisted with the fuel leak and made the scene safe."
Today, Pickering, @SNyfrs @ScarboroughFir2 & @Malton_NYFRS attended the crash landing of a small private aircraft. Fortunately the pilot was not trapped, therefore crews assisted with the fuel leak & made the scene safe.@YorksAmbulance @NYorksPolice @YorkshireAirAmb also attended pic.twitter.com/P9ZBHGOfkc
— Pickering Fire Station (@fire_pickering) October 25, 2022
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