Teen parachutist 'saved by crew'

The plane landed with its nose buried in the ground

The parents of a teenager seriously injured in a plane crash have revealed that his life was saved by the other people on board.

Daniel Greening was one of two survivors of the plane crash which killed four others on Sunday.

The single-engined Cessna 206 was on a parachuting flight and Daniel was making his first jump.

The plane crashed near Beacon, east Devon, a few miles from Dunkeswell airfield, where it took off.

'Extremely upset'

Daniel's parents, who live in Kingsteignton, south Devon, said in a statement: "We are aware from Daniel that the selfless actions taken by the other occupants at the time resulted in him surviving.

"Daniel is extremely upset by the deaths of the other people, who he had only met shortly before the plane took off, and constantly asks for updates on the other survivor."

The plane's pilot, 52-year-old Paul Norman, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, died in the crash.

The passengers who died with him at the scene were 42-year-old Richard Smith and his 17-year-old daughter Claire, from Winkleigh, Devon.

Parachute instructor and Royal Marines Major Mike Wills, 44, from Tiverton, Devon, died later at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter.

The other survivor of the crash is a 23-year-old man from Taunton, Somerset.

The crash site was examined by officials from the Air Accident Investigation Branch.