{"id":433049,"date":"2026-02-18T22:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433049\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T22:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:44:12","slug":"horror-as-plane-crashes-into-field-near-masham-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433049\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as plane crashes into field near Masham | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a light <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/plane\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/plane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aircraft<\/a> crashed into a field, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/police\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> said. The incident happened at around 12.20pm today (February 18). Emergency services rushed to a field near the town of Masham in North Yorkshire after receiving reports of the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man, who is believed to be the only person on the plane, was airlifted to the hospital. An investigation has been launched to identify the cause behind the incident. A spokesperson from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said:&#8221;The AAIB has started an investigation into an accident involving a light aircraft which occurred today (February 18).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A multi-disciplinary team including inspectors with expertise in aircraft operations, engineering and recorded data have been deployed to gather evidence and make enquiries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>North Yorkshire Police confirmed the incident in a statement and said: &#8220;At 12.21pm today (18 February) we received a report of a light aircraft crash in the Masham area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Air Accident and Investigation Branch has been informed. A man, believed to be the sole occupant of the aircraft, has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*** Ensure our latest news headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source.\u00a0<a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings. ***\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials were called to the incident to check for hazards and make sure the scene was safe after the crash.<\/p>\n<p>A North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: &#8220;At 12.28pm crews from Leyburn, Thirsk and Ripon were called to an incident involving a light aircraft which had crashed at a location in the Masham area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pilot was released from the aircraft by emergency services and taken by air ambulance to hospital. Fire crews then checked for hazards and made the scene safe.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a light aircraft crashed into a field, police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,2123,973,56,54,55,16979,158296,158297,158299,158298],"class_list":["post-433049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-plane","tag-plane-crash","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yorkshire","tag-yorkshire-plane","tag-yorkshire-plane-crash-latest","tag-yorkshire-plane-crash-more","tag-yorkshire-plane-crash-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}