A helicopter pilot, in his 60s, performed a daring emergency landing in a field after his aircraft got into trouble over Greater Manchester.

The black gyrocopter was seen ‘spinning’ in the air before it ‘fell out of the sky’ by witnesses on social media.

It crash landed into a field near Lostock, Greater Manchester at around 1.25pm on Thursday.

At this early stage, no fatalities have been reported.

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A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said: ‘We were called to reports of a gyrocopter crash on Kilworth Drive in Lostock, Bolton.

‘Officers attended the scene and located the pilot – a man in his 60s. Thankfully no injuries have been reported.

‘It is believed it was a f

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