{"id":739396,"date":"2026-08-16T02:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739396\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:02:14","slug":"de-havilland-dh-88-comet-crashes-during-shuttleworth-proms-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739396\/","title":{"rendered":"De Havilland DH.88 Comet crashes during Shuttleworth proms display"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pilot has been taken to hospital after a plane involved in a “flying proms” air display crashed.<\/p>\n

The incident happened at 19:20 BST at the Shuttleworth visitor attraction, near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, and involved a de Havilland DH.88 Comet with one person on board. <\/p>\n

The pilot, who is understood to have been landing the plane, was safely removed before being taken to hospital. Images on X show a large presence of emergency service vehicles.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Shuttleworth Trust said: “The crew member in question has been extracted, is responding… the second half of the orchestral performance will therefore continue.”<\/p>\n

They said no further information could be given at this stage, but they could confirm there had been no danger or injuries to anyone else on site.<\/p>\n

It is the second incident at the airfield in recent months following another crash during the Wings and Wheels Air Show<\/a> in May. <\/p>\n

There was a large emergency response during that incident too. The pilot involved was not seriously injured.<\/p>\n

A Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson confirmed they had been called to reports of an aircraft crash at the site on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

“Fire crews from Sandy and Kempston attended along with two fire officers,” they said. <\/p>\n

“No action was taken by our crews other than to provide incident management support to Shuttleworth’s on-site fire crews.”<\/p>\n

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