Family escape after Christmas Eve flight’s emergency landing in a field

A family escaped a Christmas Eve plane crash in Tipperary after their light aircraft fell 9,000 feet out of the sky and into a farmer’s field.

The single-engined plane, carrying the pilot, his wife, their two young children, and the family dog, got into difficulty as it travelled to Galway from Havensford West, in England.

Farmer Tim Reddan, who was feeding his livestock at Mill Farm, Lorrah, Co Tipperary, couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the family emerge unscathed from the wreckage.