An investigation was launched after a plane crashed in a field just outside of Wigan.
Emergency services rushed to a field just off Rindle Road at around 1pm on Sunday, May 29, following reports of a plane crash. Once at the scene officers found a light aircraft was upside down in the field and two men were inside.
Once five fire engines from Farnworth, Leigh, Irlam and Atherton, along with a Technical Response Unit from Leigh and the North West Ambulance Service arrived at the scene work started on removing the two men, aged in their 50s and 70s from the plane.