Emergency services are responding to reports of a light aircraft crash near Rochdale, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.Two people are believed to have been onboard the aircraft, which crashed in farmland in Littleborough on Tuesday morning.A spokesman for Birmingham Airport confirmed a private light aircraft left its XLR Executive Jet Centre at around 10am on Tuesday.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 11.30am and continue to support on-site, according to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.Images circulated on social media appear to show a yellow parachute caught on a pylon near to the crash site.
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