Two women were hurt when an aircraft crashed in Huddersfield today.
Two men escaped injury as the light aircraft veered off the runway at the Crosland Hill Airfield on take-off.
It is thought the plane veered down a banking, through a wall and came to rest in a field.
None of those on board were badly hurt.
The incident came shortly before 10.45am as the aircraft was taking of from the airfield.
Passers-by ran to help the people on board.
One of those was Huddersfield businessman Carlton Littleford, who lives in South Crosland and was driving along Sandy Lane which runs below the airfield.
“I saw the aircraft in the field and thought it was odd.
“I realised help might be needed so I drove into the airfield and saw two women, one of them sat on the floor and the other standing next to her.
“One had head injuries and the other was nursing her arm, but they said they were not badly hurt.
“I had some blankets in my van so I gave them to the women. I offered to call an ambulance but they said they were going to the hospital.
“There were two men near the scene and they too had been on the aircraft.
“One told me they were taking off for a weekend away when all of a sudden the plane veered to the left off the runway. He said there did not seem anything on the runway but the plan rolled down the banking and through the wall before stopping in the field”.
