The three passengers onboard a light aircraft which plunged onto a road and caught fire were football fans flying to a match.
Jack Moore, 19, and sister Billie Manley, 16, were flying to watch Cardiff City play Manchester United with pilot uncle Stuart Moore when the crash happened.
The plane struck overhead power lines and then burst into flames after attempting an emergency landing on the A40 in Abergavenny.
Football fan 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.”
The trio were pulled from the wreckage by two heroic bystanders before the plane, which managed to avoid cars, was completely overcome with flames.
Jack added: “Thanks everyone for the messages, really appreciate it not quite up to replying to everyone at the moment – we are very lucky people.”
Pilot Stuart had taken off from Abergavenny Airfield on Sunday morning en route to Manchester for the final game of the Premier League season, which Cardiff won 2-0.
Bypassers Joel Snarr, 35, and Daniel Nicholson, 46, pulled the passengers from the “inferno”.
Here's what one eyewitness had to say:
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 force said three people had been treated at the scene.
The road was later reopened.
