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Light aircraft crashes in field near Dorking
By Guy MartinNovember 05, 2010
A PLANE crash near Dorking left two people trapped on Friday afternoon.
They were the only occupants of the light aircraft, which came down in a field?near Lince Lane in?Westcott, shortly before?3.45pm.
One of those trapped had to be?freed by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service crews and taken away by air ambulance.
John Matthews,?crew manager at Dorking fire station, explained what he saw on arrival at the scene.
"It was a light aircraft upside?down in the middle of?the field," he said.
"There were two people inside, both males. One of them we released by opening the door.
"The other was injured but we don't think too seriously. He was trapped upside down and we had to cut him out."
Doctors at the scene also said they did not think the man's injuries were life-threatening.
Mr Matthews added: "There was no fire.?We put some foam on the engine just to make sure it did not catch fire."
The?men in the plane reportedly put out a 'Mayday' call just before they landed.
"From the eyewitness?account they landed correctly, but because the field was a little fallow that flipped it [the plane] over onto its roof," Mr Matthews said.
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