Pilot has lucky escape

A pilot in his thirties has had a lucky escape when his light aircraft crashed into a field near Waterford Airport

The accident occurred around lunchtime today and the aircraft overturned in the air before it crashed in a field at Ballygarran on the approach to the Airport. The pilot is reportedly a trainee and was undertaking a routine practice run at the time He has been brought to University Hospital Waterford with injuries that are not believed to be life threatening.