A plane has slammed into a bystander on a beach in South Carolina while making an emergency landing.

The man was killed as he was jogging along the beach when the pilot swooped in for his landing on
Hilton Head Island.

US Federal Aviation Administration officials have revealed that the plane was halfway through a flight from Orlando to Virginia when it began to experience engine trouble.

The pilot had wanted to land at the island's airport but had to make an emergency landing on a beach after the propeller fell off.

As he glided in, he clipped the man running on the beach. Two other joggers managed to see the plane coming.