BOSTON -- Crews worked Wednesday to remove the Hood blimp that landed in the treetops in Manchester-by-the-Sea.

NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported that the pilot, Leigh Bradbury, 57, wasn't injured but had to be rescued from the craft by emergency workers as the blimp dangled about 30 feet above ground.

Bradbury lost rudder control shortly after takeoff from Beverly Municipal Airport. In an attempt to avoid landing in the ocean, Bradbury headed toward Singing Beach but the wind blew the rudderless blimp into the trees near an elementary school in Manchester-by-the-Sea, a town about 25 miles north of Boston.

The 90-foot long blimp is owned by Lightship Group, of Orlando, Fla. Owners said that a small hole in the blimp is not that bad.

"If we wanted to, I would say with inspections and everything this could be flying again in four or five weeks," Lightship Group spokesman Mats Backlin said. "We are off boarding the fuel into containers so that we can transport the fuel into a safe place."