A pilot has died after a light aircraft crashed in East Lothian.

Emergency services including an air ambulance were sent to the site near East Fortune – where there is an airfield – at about 16:55.

The 40-year-old pilot was pronounced dead at the scene and his 42-year-old male passenger is now in hospital in a critical condition.

Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing and the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) had been notified.

East Fortune Airfield is a former Royal Air Force station and is now home to the National Museum of Flight.