BRITAIN: Vintage plane crashes in hay.A 1930s bi-plane crashed into hay bales tonight after being forced to make an emergency landing in a field, police said. The de Havilland Tiger Moth For the earlier monoplane Tiger Moth, see . For other de Havilland Moth aircraft, see . The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth was a 1930s biplane designed by de Havilland and operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. was badly damaged and its co-pilot was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. The vintage craft took off from Andrewsfield near Stansted in Essex, bound for Redhill Aerodrome “KRH” redirects here. For the British army regiment, see King's Royal Hussars. Redhill Aerodrome (IATA: KRH, ICAO: EGKR) is located 1.6 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Redhill, Surrey, England. in Surrey. But it ran into difficulties, touching down at around 6pm in a field near Crowhurst, close to Lingfield in Surrey. A spokesman for Surrey Police Surrey Police is the Home Office police force of the county of Surrey in the south of England The force is lead by Chief Constable Bob Quick and has its headquarters at Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey. said: "It was forced to land and hit some hay bales in the field, causing major damage to its body. The pilot was uninjured, however a passenger (a male co-pilot) was taken to East Surrey Hospital with a suspected broken leg." The Civil Aviation Authority Civil Aviation Authority civil (Brit) n → Behörde f für Zivilluftfahrt has been informed. During the Second World War, the Tiger Moth provided the majority of RAF pilots with their elementary flying training. |
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