Plane Makes A Dramatic Emergency Landing In Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

A pilot was injured after he was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing in a private plane.

The twin-engine aircraft encountered problems, believed to be with one of the engines, as it flew near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

The pilot, who is said to be in his 40s, had to bring the single-seater aircraft down in a field not far from the coastal village.

Paramedics assessed the unidentified pilot in the cockpit and he was eventually taken to hospital on a stretcher while wearing a neck brace.

Witnesses said one of the propellers did not appear to be working as the plane descended towards the field and it is not known where the pilot was flying to. 

A Police Scotland spokesman said: ‘One male pilot was on board and he is okay. It was an emergency landing. We are assisting at the moment.

He was initially taken onto a Scottish Ambulance Service National Risk and Resiliance Department vehicle then transferred to an ambulance on a stretcher further up the field.

He was casually dressed in blue jeans and a black fleece when he was taken off the aircraft.

One onlooker said: ‘He remained calm and appeared to be very still when he was put in the stretcher. It must have been quite an ordeal.’

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: ‘We got the call at 15:45pm.

‘There were five appliances there, two from Stonehaven and three from Aberdeen plus an urban search and rescue unit. There was just short of 40 personnel there. We used two jets and foam as a precaution.’