\n The man in his 50s escaped with only minor injuries after the incident off the coast of Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire.\n<\/p>\n
\n Emergency services were called at 4.15pm on Saturday, February 28, to reports of a plane in the water close to the shoreline near Lee-on-Solent Sailing Club, on Marine Parade East.\n<\/p>\n
\n A Hampshire Constabulary spokesperson said: “We were called at 4.15pm on Saturday to a report of a light aircraft in the sea, close to the shoreline by Lee-on-Solent Sailing Club, Marine Parade East.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We attended the scene, along with our emergency service partners.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thankfully, the pilot, a man in his 50s from West Sussex and the only occupant of the aircraft, reported only minor injuries.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Officers remain at the scene at this time.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Witnesses described seeing the aircraft come down near the beach before emergency crews rushed to the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted to the crash landing of a light aircraft onto the beach at Lee-on-the-Solent just before 4:30pm this afternoon.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Crews from Hightown, Fareham and Cosham attended. The pilot had exited the plane before our arrival, and firefighters worked to secure the aircraft and winch it from the sea.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The pilot was assessed by the ambulance service, and the scene was handed over to our colleagues at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary to maintain security of the aircraft until it can be recovered.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our crews returned to their stations shortly after 7pm this evening.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The circumstances surrounding the crash are expected to be investigated.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stevyn Ricketts, a local councillor, added: “As soon as I became aware of the situation, I made my way straight to the scene to see first hand what was happening and to liaise with those responding.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thankfully, I\u2019m very relieved to say that no one was injured and the pilot escaped unharmed.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Incidents like this remind us how quickly situations can unfold, and how fortunate we are to have such professional and swift emergency responders.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My sincere thanks go to all the emergency services who attended and managed the situation so efficiently, ensuring everyone\u2019s safety.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019d also like to extend my gratitude to Gosport Borough Council\u2019s Emergency Planning team for their support and coordination.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A dramatic end to the afternoon but a positive outcome and that\u2019s what matters most.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man in his 50s escaped with only minor injuries after the incident off the coast of Lee-on-the-Solent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}