A man has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after a light plane crashed near Port Macquarie Airport on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Emergency crews were called to the area at about 8:30pm on Friday, following reports a light plane had activated a distress beacon.
The NSW police helicopter and Westpac rescue helicopter were on the scene and supported the search for the plane, understood to be a Diamond D20.
A 25-year-old man was taken to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital with head injuries in a critical condition.
The 25-year-old female pilot was also pulled from the wreckage and taken to Port Macquarie Hospital with a shoulder injury.
