Overview
- The microlight ditched into Cardigan Bay after getting into difficulty and came to rest with two people sitting on its wing, authorities said on Friday.
- HM Coastguard tasked a rescue helicopter and RNLI lifeboats from Fishguard, New Quay and Cardigan to the scene and a lifeboat recovered the occupants.
- The two people were taken to shore and handed to the Welsh Ambulance Service with no confirmed details of their injuries and reports saying they were not thought to be seriously hurt.
- The aircraft went down about nine nautical miles northwest of Cardigan Island near Gwbert, a location that triggered a maritime rather than land-based rescue response.
- News coverage of the rescue ran alongside reports of an unrelated fatal light-aircraft crash in Devon earlier the same day that is being investigated by Devon and Cornwall Police and the AAIB.