A pilot and three passengers were miraculously able to clamber out from the wreckage of their plane which crashed moments after take off.
The Piper Cherokee took off in bad weather at around 9.30am and ditched in a field beside the M62 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, after the pilot decided to turn back.
An air ambulance took the the pilot the short distance to the City Airport helipad. He was then taken by a road ambulance to Salford Royal Hospital for treatment for a head injury that is not thought to be serious.
One of the passengers wasn't injured at all while the others were described as 'walking wounded' by the emergency services and were treated by paramedics at the scene.
A pilot and three passengers were miraculously able to clamber out from the wreckage of their plane which crashed moments after take off.
The Piper Cherokee took off in bad weather at around 9.30am and ditched in a field beside the M62 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, after the pilot decided to turn back.
An air ambulance took the the pilot the short distance to the City Airport helipad. He was then taken by a road ambulance to Salford Royal Hospital for treatment for a head injury that is not thought to be serious.
One of the passengers wasn't injured at all while the others were described as 'walking wounded' by the emergency services and were treated by paramedics at the scene.
Four fire engines, ambulances and the airport's own fire service were scrambled to the field off Barton Moss Road at 9.34am.
The aircraft had crashed in a part of the field about 100 metres from the motorway.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Fire Service confirmed there were three 'walking wounded' who had 'self rescued' before the emergency services arrived.
She confirmed accident investigators were also sent and had already started a probe into the crash.
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