Pilot survives Co Down crash

A pilot escaped serious injury after his light aircraft crashed in Co Down yesterday

A pilot escaped serious injury after his light aircraft crashed in Co Down yesterday. The two-seater aircraft was en route to Newtownards airfield from London when it came down in a field at Craigantlet. The pilot crawled from the wreckage and was taken to hospital in Dundonald with minor injuries.

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