Two survive as aircraft ditches

Two men had a lucky escape after their light aircraft ditched in the sea, coastguards said.

Pilot Gary Collings, 49, from Ditchingham in Norfolk, and his passenger Mark Andrews, 34, from Northampton, were taken to hospital after Mr Collings brought the plane down three miles off Orford Ness, Suffolk, on Wednesday evening.

The men were rescued from the water after making a mayday call.