Pilot calls on his expertise to survive plane crash

THE flying skills of a former airline pilot saved his life when he managed to put his tiny homemade plane down in a field near Limerick after it suffered engine failure.

Tony Khan, who is an instructor with Limerick Flying Club, walked away from the wreckage without any serious injury.

He had taken off from Coonagh airfield on Monday afternoon when his tiny Cri-Cri plane lost power.