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Pilot walks free after emergency landing in fields

Blackpool Gazette

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November 07, 2025

New pictures show the scene of an emergency landing when a small plane ditched into marshes near BAE Systems plant at Warton.

- by Matthew Calderbank

Pilot walks free after emergency landing in fields

Light aircraft ditched into the marshes behind the BAE site in Warton

The pilot was forced to land in the boggy marshland behind Warton Aerodrome after experiencing engine trouble while flying above the Fylde coast.

He escaped without injury but was taken to hospital by ambulance to be checked over before being discharged.

Yesterday the plane remains at the spot where it came down on Wednesday and appeared largely undamaged.

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