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| Man killed as plane hits tractor | |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| A man was killed and another seriously injured when a light plane crashed into a crop spraying tractor at an airfield. | |
| But the tractor driver escaped serious injury when the plane hit the vehicle at about 1350 GMT at Seething Airfield, south of Norwich in Norfolk. | |
| A spokeswoman for East of England Ambulance Service said officers found two men in the plane. One was confirmed dead at the scene. | |
| The other man suffered serious injuries in the crash. | |
| He was flown to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. | |
| The spokeswoman said the driver of the tractor was uninjured but was suffering from shock. | |
| 'On fire' | 'On fire' |
| A spokesman for Seething Airfield said the two-seater aircraft was coming in to land when it collided with an agricultural vehicle spraying crops. | A spokesman for Seething Airfield said the two-seater aircraft was coming in to land when it collided with an agricultural vehicle spraying crops. |
| Emergency services are still at the scene. | Emergency services are still at the scene. |
| The ambulance service spokeswoman added: "There was a report the plane was on fire but it's not clear if it was on fire before it came down or after." | |
| Norfolk Police said it was investigating the crash along with the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB). | |