A police officer by the wreckage of the light aircraft with the tail plane of the air ambulance on the right. Jake O’Neil

By Daisy Edwards and Jake O’Neil

A 70-year-old man died when a light aircraft crashed into a Worplesdon field on Tuesday afternoon (October 6).

An eyewitness said the aircraft went down at around 3.30pm in a field off Holly Lane that runs between Aldershot Road and Worplesdon. Another aircraft appeared to circle the crash site before an air ambulance was seen to arrived at 3.47pm. First responders “lifted the wing” of the upturned wreck and appeared to conclude that nothing could be done for the pilot.

Witnesses to the clean-up operation noted that it was difficult to tell if the aircraft was manned, as it was quite small, and the field is privately owned.

Emergency services at the scene. Jake O’Neil

The search plane or recovery aircraft is trackable on Flight Radar, but the tail number or any information about the plane involved in the crash is currently unknown.