Wild Photos Show Small Plane Crashes on Busy Highway, Passengers Miraculously Escape

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Intriguing photos show the moment the pilot and his passenger miraculously survived after their small plane crashed on a busy road.

The “light aircraft” was travelling on a busy road in a small English village at around 4.45pm on Tuesday, Gloucestershire Police said.

“We have received a report of a light aircraft landing on the A419 Stroud Road near Aston Down airfield in Frampton Mansell,” officials said. “There were two passengers on board the aircraft, which will be assessed by the ambulance service, and it is understood no other vehicles were involved.”

Shocking photographs taken by eyewitness Mila Vukelić show the plane's unidentified passengers sitting calmly in the cockpit, just inches from the pavement, with the lower half of the aircraft torn away in the crash.

One witness said: Gloucestershire Live He said the plane “appeared to have stalled” before “nosing down onto the main road”. BBC Radio Gloucestershire They reported seeing “something that looked like a glider just before the crash.” “My stepdaughter, who is a nurse, stayed at the scene and helped. Traffic was chaotic there,” they said. Roads were briefly closed while paramedics helped the plane’s passengers.

A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: “We sent a double-seat ground ambulance, an air ambulance, a rapid response vehicle and an operations officer to the scene. “We transported one patient to Southmead Hospital by ground ambulance and one patient to Gloucester Royal Hospital.”

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched an investigation into the incident.

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