A pilot miraculously walked away unscathed when his light aircraft burst into flames seconds after being forced into an emergency landing along the Longford-Westmeath border yesterday.
The plane, which burst into flames following the emergency manoeuvre, came down in a field five kilometres from Abbeyshrule Airfield in Co Longford at around 10am.
The pilot, multi-time Irish Aerobatic champion Dave Bruton, amazingly escaped serious injury after it is believed the light aircraft's engine seized mid-flight.
