Ultra-light aircraft crash near Byron Bay

A pilot has crashed his ultra-light aircraft west of Byron Bay on the NSW northeastern coast.

A pilot has been injured after his ultra-light aircraft crashed west of Byron Bay in NSW.

A witness saw the aircraft drop out of sight near the Pacific Highway in Tyagarah on Tuesday morning and called emergency services, police say.

The pilot, aged in his 50s, has possible chest injures and fractures and is being rushed by ambulance to hospital, an Ambulance NSW spokeswoman said.

A pilot is in a serious condition in hospital after crashing an ultra-light plane on the NSW north coast.

The man, aged in his 50s, lost control of the plane shortly after taking off from the Tyagarah air strip near Byron Bay on Tuesday morning, a witness told ABC radio.

"He almost went upside down, I thought he was going to do some sort of loop, it was just too close to the ground that's how steep the bank was," he said.

The man has been rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital with chest injuries and a possible fractured pelvis, an Ambulance NSW spokeswoman says.


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