Two people injured as plane crashes at Heveningham Hall in Suffolk

A two-seater plane has crashed on a country estate, injuring two people - nearly a year after a similar crash in the same place.

The incident happened at Heveningham Hall near Halesworth in Suffolk just after 1pm on Sunday.

A Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said a man and woman had been injured.

The man and woman received minor injuries and were taken to Ipswich Hospital, according to an East of England Ambulance Service Trust spokesperson.

They said: "We were called at 1.07pm with reports of a light aircraft crash in Halesworth Road, Heveningham.

"We sent East Anglian Air Ambulance, an East Anglian Air Ambulance response car, two ambulances, a critical care response vehicle and an ambulance officer vehicle."

Five crews of firefighters were called at around 1.15pm and left just before 2pm.

It came days after an Air Accident Investigations Branch report was published about a light plane crash which crashed in July last year at the annual Heveningham Hall Country Fair.

The report found the plane had crashed into an unlicensed soft grass airstrip, landing on its nose and flipping.

The pilot was seriously injured.

Event organisers said they were improving its risk management.

The crash on Sunday happened the day of this year's Heveningham Hall Country Fair but it is not known if the flight was part of the event.

It also comes after another light aircraft crashed at Beccles Aerodrome on Saturday, injuring four people.

ITV News Anglia has approached the East of England Ambulance Service for comment.

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