Two escape after plane comes down in Yorkshire Dales
TWO people escaped with minor injuries when a small plane crashed on moorland in the Yorkshire Dales, police said today.
North Yorkshire Police said the Cessna light aircraft came down on Ingleborough Moor, near Settle.
The force said it took the emergency call at 9.18pm yesterday.
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Hide AdA cave rescue team was sent out to locate the wreckage and the pilot and passenger were rescued.
Chief Inspector Simon Lovell said they were taken to hospital with minor injuries. It is believed they sustained a broken nose and a broken ankle.
He said the plane took off from Blackpool earlier in the evening and had been flying north, towards the Kirkby Lonsdale area, via Clitheroe.
Mr Lovell added: “The Civil Aviation Authority and Air Crash Investigation have been informed.”