A 69-year-old man was rushed to hospital after his microlight aircraft crashed into a corn field in East Lothian.
Emergency services were called to the scene at East Fortune Airfield, near North Berwick, at around 10.50am on Wednesday.
The pilot is understood to have been trapped inside the stricken aircraft - which missed the airstrip and crash-landed in a nearby field.
He was freed by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service before being rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where he remains in a “stable” condition.
Staff from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch will inspect the area and gather evidence in the coming days as part of a probe into the botched landing.
A spokesman for Scottish Fire and Rescue said: “We were alerted at 10.56am on Wednesday, June 1 to reports of an incident involving a microlight aircraft in East Lothian.
“Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene close to East Fortune, North Berwick, where firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to release a casualty who had become trapped.
“The casualty was thereafter passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service. Crews left the scene after making the area safe.”
A spokesperson for Police Scotland added: “Officers were called to reports of a microlight crashing in a field in Athelstaneford, North Berwick at around 10.55am on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
“A 69-year-old man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where he remains in a stable condition.
“The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been notified.”
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