Pilot OK after plane makes emergency landing outside Sydney

The lone occupant of a single-engine airplane is OK after making an emergency landing outside Sydney, N.S., on Wednesday afternoon.

A duty officer with the Cape Breton Regional Fire Service said volunteer firefighters responded and found the pilot, who was doing fine.

The plane landed in a field off Aspen Grove in the rural community of Howie Centre.

Volunteer firefighters from Sydney River and Howie Centre remained on the scene.

No other details were immediately available.

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