{"id":478957,"date":"2026-05-11T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478957\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:46:16","slug":"pilot-walks-away-without-serious-injury-after-wwii-aircraft-crash-landing-in-co-down-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478957\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot walks away without serious injury after WWII aircraft crash landing in Co Down \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The pilot of a light aircraft walked away without serious injury after a crash in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-down\/\">Co Down<\/a> on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An ambulance and fire crew were sent to the scene of the crash after the aircraft went down in a field off the Saintfield Road near Ballynahinch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the crash was reported around 2.50pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Images from the scene show the aircraft appears to be a P51 Mustang, a long range United States-made fighter well known during WWII.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/keven-bell-trust-founders-to-take-step-back-after-13-years-and-2500-loved-ones-returned-home-VE2GDTMGZJB7PD76LV7JJI6JPE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Kevin Bell Trust founders to take step back after 13 years and 2,500 loved ones returned home\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778492775_753_73ZPFAE2VRFQNKEBBBDFUW6KDU.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/massive-blaze-breaks-out-at-co-down-waste-site-AFYPOAX34FHAXCI36EKJGBFRHE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Fire crews remain at &#x2018;massive blaze&#x2019; at Co Down waste site \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778492776_602_2HGUVB7MLJCQVJ3AJMA2EKJAR4.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">However, Andy Glenfield, who manages The Second World War in Northern Ireland social media page, said the craft is a replica. It is a three quarter length replica made by Titan, Mr Glenfield said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said a number of resources were deployed to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After the pilot was spoken to at the scene, it was found to be not necessary to take the individual to hospital, the NIAS said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The PSNI added that \u201cone person was on board and, at this time\u201d and \u201cthere are no reports of any serious injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAir Accident Investigations Branch has been informed of the incident,\u201d a spokesperson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pilot of a light aircraft walked away without serious injury after a crash in Co Down on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[188539,9,10,31651,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-478957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-ballynahinch","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-co-down","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-latest-news","16":"tag-latestnews","17":"tag-main-news","18":"tag-mainnews","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-topstories","22":"tag-world","23":"tag-world-news","24":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116555310053130024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}