Plane crash lands in Wiltshire countryside after ‘engine shuts down mid-flight’

Emergency services have responded to reports of a plane crash-landing in Wiltshire.

999 crews raced to the incident, involving a light aircraft, in the Alton Barnes area, near Pewsey, at around 5.30pm today (22 February).

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) deployed five appliances to the scene.

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“I saw the plane flying over my mum’s garden in Manton near Marlborough then heading towards where it eventually crashed”, a witness told Wiltshire 999s.

They added: “As it was out of sight, it sounded like the engine had stalled then I heard it on again but it was well out of sight.”

Wiltshire Police has since confirmed no one has been injured in the minor crash-landing.

A force spokesperson said: “We received a report of a light aircraft performing an emergency landing near Alton Barnes at 5.20pm this evening (22/02).

“The plane landed in a field and both occupants have been reported as uninjured.

“Officers are currently at the scene.”

A DWFRS spokesperson said the service sent fire crews from Pewsey, Marlborough and Devizes along with a technical rescue team from Trowbridge and Land Rover pump from Ludgershall.

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