Kemble Air Crash 

Pilot performing acrobatics crashes plane, lucky to be alive

Drama at Kemble Airfield as a pilot crashed his aircraft during mid-flight acrobatics.

At 14:52 Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service were called to a small plane crash of a North American Bronco at Kemble airfield.

 

One Appliance from Cirencester and one appliance from Tetbury with a total of 11 Firefighters were sent to the incident who assisted in medical care and making the scene safe using a foam blanket to deal with fuel leaks from the plane.

Ambulance H.A.R.T teams who were passing the Airport at the time of the initial impact & Both the Airport Fire Service were on the scene quickly and assisted in providing medical Care to the pilot who was released before the arrival of the service and has been conveyed to hospital by county air ambulance.

SC Parker stated that all services worked extremely well together in assisting to getting the casualty to hospital swiftly.