Teenager saved from burning plane thanks hero-passers by

A teenager who was rescued from a burning plane has thanked passers-by and the emergency services who pulled his family to safety from the ‘blazing inferno’.

Football fan Jack Moore, 19, declared ‘we are very lucky people’, after the light aircraft he was flying in with sister Billie Manley, 16, and pilot uncle Stuart Moore, hit overhead power cables.

The family were on their way to see Manchester United play, when disaster struck.

Pilot Stuart had taken off from Abergavenny Airfield in South Wales to fly to Old Trafford to see Cardiff City face Manchester United.

The plane burst into flames on the A40 in Monmouthshire when it attempted an emergency landing on a busy road, but did not hit any passing cars.

Jack said: ‘Absolutely unbelievable that me and my family have walked away from this, just want to say thank you to the passers-by that helped us at the scene and also the emergency services.’

Police said the three passengers were treated for their injuries at the scene.

Jack added: ‘Thanks everyone for the messages, really appreciate it not quite up to replying to everyone at the moment, we are very lucky lucky people.’

Passers-by Joel Snarr, 35, and Daniel Nicholson, 46, pulled the passengers from the ‘inferno.’

Witness Harrison Francis-Fletcher, 18, who lives yards from the scene, described the plane as a pile of ‘melted metal’ left on the road.

He said: ‘The wooden post holding the power lines was broken in half.

‘The plane was a pile of melted metal and left crushed up on the road.

‘The only way you could tell it’s a plane is the two wheels sticking out of it.’

Gwent Police were called to the scene at 11am on Sunday as drivers were left stranded in the hard shoulder.

The road was later reopened.