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Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Pilot, 84, and passenger, 78, rushed to hospital after plane crashes and overturns on runway
A pilot and passenger were rushed to hospital after a plane crashed and overturned on a runway. Emergency services arrived at Swansea Airport last week after a 'pilot error' caused the light aircraft to flip. South Wales Police confirmed that both the pilot, an 84-year-old man, and his passenger, a 78-year-old woman, did not suffer serious injuries. Mid and West Fire and Rescue service crews were at the scene for more than an hour. The pair were taken to Morriston Hospital nearby. A spokeswoman for the fire service said: 'At 4.28pm on Saturday, July 19, crews from Swansea west and Swansea central fire stations were called to an incident at Swansea Airport. 'Crews responded to a light aircraft overturned on the runway. 'Two casualties were reported and left in the care of the ambulance service. 'Special Service Core, police and ambulance were also in attendance. Crews left the scene at 5.44pm.' The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed an investigation has been launched. A spokesperson for South Wales Police said: 'Officers attended Swansea Airport on Saturday, 19 July at around 4.30pm following a report of an overturned aircraft. 'Neither the pilot, an 84-year-old man from Sketty, or the passenger, a 78-year-old woman from Reading, Berkshire, have sustained any serious injuries. 'The cause of the crash is believed to be pilot error. No concerns were raised regarding the pilot's fitness to fly.' It comes after a light aircraft crashed after a pilot confused his left and right hands, an investigation has found. The plane was trying to land when it struck trees and crashed on a congested road of cars outside Aston Down airfield in Gloucestershire last August. Both men on the Grob 109B motorglider aircraft were injured with the passenger suffering significant spinal injuries that left him in hospital for several days. The aircraft owner allowed him to take the controls to give him an experience flight. It was 'inappropriate control inputs' by the passenger that caused the crash, the AAIB said.
The Guardian
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Why I absolutely love a good dump
A friend of mine surprised me with the vehemence of his love for something. He's about my age, a highly successful maker of important television and avid consumer of Radio 4 and the Guardian. A keen thinker about things, he likes books and podcasts that are a little too advanced for me. All in all, he didn't seem the type to say what he said, over a pint in our local. Furthermore, there was even a slightly glazed, far-off look in his eye when he announced, with such great feeling rising from deep in his soul: 'I really love going to the dump.' It was only then that I realised I was free to admit to sharing this love. It was a moving, bonding moment between us. One love. For the dump. My dump visits had hitherto been shrouded in a mist of shame. Throwing things away is bad, not least because buying them in the first place was bad, or at least not entirely necessary, which may amount to the same thing. Also, isn't it all an exercise in shifting the responsibility for your junk on to someone – everyone? – else? This notion that it is magically being recycled, repurposed, reused is surely a fantasy, not much more than a veneer of righteousness to help those of us who feel guilty about it to feel less guilty about it. But what the hell – if one of my more sensitive, intellectual, environmentally conscious friends can be at peace with his dump-love, then so can I. It helps that our local dump is a very fine one indeed. Lying between Swansea and Mumbles, Clyne Gardens and Clyne Valley Country Park are both beautiful places and well worth a visit, but the Clyne Household Waste Recycling Centre runs them close. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have a home nearby. It pleases me that my cardboard may get smunched up with theirs. Unlike many municipal dumps, you don't need an appointment. Just turn up. And if you're in the area, you should do just that. Even if you've nothing to dump, it's worth a look. Swansea council should build a small viewing gallery for spectators to watch the perfection unfold. The entrance, as you'd expect from somewhere on the edge of a country park, is pleasingly verdant. A sign reads 'NO WOOD'. Perhaps this is in deference to the feelings of the trees all around. Thereafter, a symphony of efficiency unfolds. The containers are smartly lined up, clearly labelled, with the parking in front of them artfully angled. The service is very friendly. Admittedly, it's to my advantage that I am recognised as a former presenter of Match of the Day, but I was there long enough (the dump, that is, not MOTD) to know all-round good service when I see it. And it's not just the staff. The dumpers themselves – as at all dumps – are in noticeably good humour. Kids scurry around assisting parents. Older dumpers expel light gasps of pleasure as whatever they're disposing of is dropped into the abyss of these giant skips. We're in this together, enjoying the moment, the transition from being encumbered to disencumbered. We feel nothing less than cleansed. The relief and release is so intense that you can almost smell it. The longer you've delayed dumping whatever you're dumping, the greater the relief and release. But what is it, this thing from which we're being released? The deadweight of our worldly possessions? The crowding out of our very souls by the millstones of stuff we've been unable to resist accumulating? Or, God forgive us, the excitement of knowing space has been cleared to make way for the arrival of yet more stuff to be dumped in its turn. These are questions for later, or never. Let's just enjoy this moment. The angle of the parking spaces have us pointing at the exit, so, having said our cheery goodbyes, in vehicles sitting higher on their axles, and our spirits higher still, we sweep out, until next time. Adrian Chiles is a writer, broadcaster and Guardian columnist
BBC News
6 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Gossip: Boro look to unlock Key deal
Middlesbrough are keeping an eye on Swansea defender Josh Key but will need to meet the Swans' valuation of £5m for the 25-year-old Englishman. (Alan Nixon via Patreon - subscription required), externalWant more transfer news from the EFL? Take a look at Thursday's gossip column here.
The Sun
8 hours ago
- The Sun
Plane crashes and overturns on runway at UK airport after ‘pilot error' as two rushed to hospital
TWO people were rushed to hospital after a plane crashed on a runway at a busy airport. Emergency services were scrambled to Swansea Airport on July 19 after the aircraft overturned due to "pilot error". 1 South Wales Police confirmed that both the pilot, an 84-year-old man, and his passenger, a 78-year-old woman, did not suffer serious injuries. WalesOnline reported that the pair had been taken to nearby Morriston Hospital for treatment. The private plane is understood to be damaged beyond repair following the accident. A spokesperson for South Wales Police stated: "Officers attended Swansea Airport on Saturday, 19 July at around 4.30pm following a report of an overturned aircraft. "Neither the pilot, an 84-year-old man from Sketty, or the passenger, a 78-year-old woman from Reading, Berkshire, have sustained any serious injuries. "The cause of the crash is believed to be pilot error. No concerns were raised regarding the pilot's fitness to fly."
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Captain Cabango among injury concerns for Swansea
Swansea City are assessing Ben Cabango's fitness with the Wales centre-back among a number of defensive injury concerns for Alan Sheehan. Swansea captain Cabango, 25, missed the friendly win over Stevenage in Spain last weekend after picking up a problem during the club's pre-season training camp. Cabango was again missing on Wednesday as Swansea were beaten 2-1 in another pre-season fixture by League Two side Cheltenham Town. "Ben just felt something," Sheehan said. "We want to look further into that without risking him in the next few days." There was further bad news at Cheltenham as summer signing Ricardo Santos was forced off in the first half. "He landed really funnily. We will have to assess that and see how he is," Sheehan told Swansea's website. "[There have been] quite a few little things really that are freakish and unfortunate at the moment. "It's about not risking anybody at the moment so get him (Santos) off and assess him straight away." Latest Swansea City news, analysis and fan views Snoop Dogg - why Swansea and what next? With academy product Filip Lissah nursing an ankle problem suffered during pre-season, Cameron Burgess is Swansea's only fit senior central defender with their Championship opener at Middlesbrough only 16 days away. Swansea lost defensive regular Harry Darling to Norwich City this summer, while Hannes Delcroix returned to Burnley after a loan spell and Cyrus Christie, Kyle Naughton and Kristian Pedersen were released. Attacking midfielder Eom Ji-Sung, meanwhile, is due back in training on Thursday having missed the Spanish trip with what Sheehan called "a little twist of the ankle". Florian Bianchini is another player who was absent at Cheltenham. Sheehan revealed Swansea will meet Barnsley in a behind-closed-doors game on Friday before they play another pre-season friendly at Exeter City on Saturday.
