Airliner Crashes Into Car Tuesday, 24 December, 2002, 11:02 GMT / BBC News Three people have escaped serious injury after a small airliner crashed into a car near Aberdeen Airport. The plane had just taken off and was heading for Aalborg in Denmark, BBC Scotland understands. It crashed on Wellheads Drive, a main thoroughfare in the Dyce area of Aberdeen, near the city's airport. The plane - a 17-seater Fairchild Metroliner metro liner twin prop - had just taken off from Aberdeen Airport at 0800 GMT on Tuesday when it crashed. The pilot, 40-year-old Per Bakke and co-pilot Jakob Jensen, 23, were treated for cuts and bruises at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The car driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was checked by doctors and later discharged. Both the plane and the car burst into flames soon after the crash. The plane is owned by Northflying - a Danish airline which had contracted it to Ben Air for mail services. Flights diverted Three fire fighting appliances went to the scene with other specialist units in support. An RAF helicopter was also scrambled. The airport is currently closed and traffic in the area is congested. An airport spokesman could not say how long it would remain closed. He said: "There will have to be a full inspection to ensure that it is safe to open the airfield. "Flights are being diverted meantime and I would hope that we could reopen as soon as possible."