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| Northamptonshire light plane crash couple found in pub | Northamptonshire light plane crash couple found in pub |
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| A couple who were in a light aircraft that crashed in a Northamptonshire field escaped unhurt and were found by ambulance crews in a nearby pub. | |
| The Dufton Europa plane crash landed in a field in Maidwell on Thursday afternoon. | The Dufton Europa plane crash landed in a field in Maidwell on Thursday afternoon. |
| Emergency services were called to the field, but found an empty plane. | Emergency services were called to the field, but found an empty plane. |
| Ambulance crews found the pilot Iain McKay and his wife, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, at the The Stags Head, where they had walked after the ordeal. | Ambulance crews found the pilot Iain McKay and his wife, of Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, at the The Stags Head, where they had walked after the ordeal. |
| Simon Nixon, the manager of the pub, said: "A lady came in her with her husband. It was not until she ordered a drink (non-alcoholic) that she said she was a bit shaken up because she'd just had a plane crash. I asked if she was OK and she had a little bit of a cut to her arm. Other than that she seemed OK. | Simon Nixon, the manager of the pub, said: "A lady came in her with her husband. It was not until she ordered a drink (non-alcoholic) that she said she was a bit shaken up because she'd just had a plane crash. I asked if she was OK and she had a little bit of a cut to her arm. Other than that she seemed OK. |
| "It's not often you have plane crashes where people are able to walk away." | "It's not often you have plane crashes where people are able to walk away." |
| An off duty policeman alerted the ambulance crews of the couple's whereabouts. | An off duty policeman alerted the ambulance crews of the couple's whereabouts. |
| An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said an ambulance and an air ambulance went to the accident at about 16:30 BST. | |
| "Both patients were found away from the aircraft and were checked over by the doctor but didn't require any further treatment," she said. | |
| The Air Accident Investigation Branch has yet to comment. | The Air Accident Investigation Branch has yet to comment. |