{"id":62202,"date":"2025-04-30T06:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62202\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T06:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:18:20","slug":"man-fighting-for-his-life-and-another-left-with-harrowing-injuries-after-plane-rolled-upside-down-and-snapped-in-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/62202\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fighting for his life and another left with harrowing injuries after plane ‘rolled upside down and snapped in two’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The plane ‘rolled over completely upside down and snapped in two pieces\u2019 just after take-off, according to one eyewitness<\/p>\n

21:23, 29 Apr 2025Updated 22:14, 29 Apr 2025<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Two people are seriously injured, with one fighting for their life in hospital, after a nightmare plane crash.<\/p>\n

The plane \u2018snapped in two pieces\u2019 and crashed just after take-off, one eyewitness told the Manchester Evening News. The scene at Barton<\/a> Aerodrome this evening, April 29, was filled with emergency services, crime scene investigators, and blue lights as work to understand what happened began.<\/p>\n

Police, paramedics and firefighters rushed to the airport in Eccles<\/a>, Salford<\/a> at about 5.30pm. Two men were rushed to Salford Royal Hospital.<\/p>\n

The witness, who asked not to be named, said: \u201cThe plane taxied down the runway and upon reaching the end of the runway there was a loud pop sound and the engine cut-off after the plane had already taken off and was about two or three metres in the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt continued to coast at a really low altitude before the wing struck the ground on one side. It then rolled over completely upside down and the plane snapped into two pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey then sounded an alarm and over the course of the next five to 10 minutes around 20 or so emergency vehicles arrived including police fire and ambulance.”<\/p>\n

(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

The men’s injuries were initially described as \u2018non-life-threatening\u2019, but Greater Manchester Police<\/a> have since revealed a harrowing picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo men have been taken to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries and another with potentially life-changing injuries,\u201d said the force in a statement just before 7pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cA scene is in place whilst emergency service workers conduct their enquiries and people are asked to avoid the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blue lights remain at the aerodrome tonight(Image: Kenny Brown)<\/p>\n

Barton Aerodrome has said that the government\u2019s Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been informed. A spokesperson for the airport said: \u201cToday at 5.07pm an aircraft accident occurred within the Barton Aerodrome boundary, the AAIB have been informed and are carrying out an investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur onsite rescue and firefighting service attended the incident and have worked alongside external emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still surrounded by blue lights and emergency service vehicles, the wreckage of the aircraft could be seen as the light faded on the aerodrome field.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: “At around 5.30pm today three fire engines from across Greater Manchester and the technical response unit attended an aircraft crash at Barton Aerodrome, Eccles.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters arrived quickly and assisted Greater Manchester Police, North West Ambulance Service and the airport fire service in making the area safe and helping two casualties out of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

“Both casualties were transferred into the care of North West Ambulance Service and transferred to Salford Royal Hospital. Crews were in attendance for roughly one hour.”<\/p>\n

The aerodrome added that ‘further details will be provided when available’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The plane ‘rolled over completely upside down and snapped in two pieces\u2019 just after take-off, according to one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32141,3042,13,12,1290,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-62202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-barton","9":"tag-eccles","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-salford","13":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114425463255523195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}