Man dies after plane hits tractor

A tractor driver escaped injury today when a light aircraft landed on his vehicle, killing one passenger and seriously injuring…

A tractor driver escaped injury today when a light aircraft landed on his vehicle, killing one passenger and seriously injuring the other.

Emergency services were called to Seething Airfield, near Norwich, at about 1.50pm.

A spokeswoman for the East Anglian Ambulance Service said the tractor driver, who was working in the airfield, was “shaken” but “unhurt”.

She said one of the men aboard the two-seater aircraft died at the scene and the other was airlifted to hospital.

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According to the airfield's website, it is privately owned and run on a voluntary basis.

PA