A pilot has died after the light aircraft he was flying crashed near an airport in Fife.
Emergency services scrambled to the incident near Fife Airport in Kinglassie after the alarm was raised at around 11.40am on Monday. Ambulance crew attended but the 50-year-old pilot was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
No one else was injured. Police say their enquiries into the incident remain ongoing.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a light aircraft having crashed near Fife Airport, Kinglassie, around 11.40am on Monday, December 23.
“Officers attended and a 50-year-old man, the pilot, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin are aware. No-one else was injured. Emergency services remain at the scene and inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash are continuing.”
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent two fire engines and a heavy rescue unit to the scene. Fife Airport has been contacted for comment.
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