window.dotcom = window.dotcom || { cmd: [] }; window.dotcom.ads = window.dotcom.ads || { resolves: {enabled: [], getAdTag: []}, enabled: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.push(r)), getAdTag: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.push(r)) }; setTimeout(() => { if(window.dotcom.ads.resolves){ window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.forEach(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.forEach(r => r("")); window.dotcom.ads.enabled = () => new Promise(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.getAdTag = () => new Promise(r => r("")); console.error("NGAS load timeout"); } }, 5000)
Skip to content

Pilot dies after small plane crashes near airfield

Claire Gardner Several emergency service vehicles including an ambulance helicopter in the middle of a field. Campervans can be seen in the backgroundClaire Gardner
Emergency services including an air ambulance were sent to the scene

A pilot has died after a light aircraft crashed in East Lothian.

Emergency services including an air ambulance were sent to the site near East Fortune - where there is an airfield - at about 16:55.

The 40-year-old pilot was pronounced dead at the scene and his 42-year-old male enger is now in hospital in a critical condition.

Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing and the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) had been notified.

East Fortune Airfield is a former Royal Air Force station and is now home to the National Museum of Flight.