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A pilot has died and a passenger is in a critical condition after a plane crashed near North Berwick.
The 40-year-old male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene on Thursday afternoon, Police Scotland said.
A 42-year-old male passenger was taken to hospital in Edinburgh.
The crash happened in the East Fortune area, close to a former Royal Air Force station now home to the National Museum of Flight.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said the force “received a report of a light aircraft having crashed in the East Fortune area around 4.55pm on Thursday May 8”.
Inquiries are ongoing and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been notified, the force added.
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