Overview
- A light aircraft came down in a field near Pitsford, Northamptonshire, at about 3:50pm on Friday and emergency services quickly sealed off roads to reach the scene.
- Firefighters and police helped evacuate two people from the aircraft and paramedics took them to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire for treatment.
- The AAIB was notified and has begun a formal investigation to determine the aircraft type, sequence of events and possible causes.
- An eyewitness told reporters the plane appeared to be doing 'loops' and 'struggling' before it went down, but that account has not been verified by investigators.
- Northamptonshire has local aviation links and investigators remain on site to collect evidence and assess technical and human factors as the inquiry proceeds.