Staffordshire, UK: Five Injured in Plane Crash

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Five people - including a seven-year-old child - were taken to hospital after their light aircraft crashed in Staffordshire.

Emergency services were called to the village of Gratwich near Uttoxeter after the twin-engined plane crashed in a field.

Two passengers, including the child, managed free themselves, while three had to be cut from the wreckage. (snip)

The aircraft is understood to have gone out of control above the crash site.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), June 03, 2001


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