See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy FRANCINE WOLFISZ, NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:15 BST, 26 June 2026 | Updated: 15:45 BST, 26 June 2026
A female pilot flying solo has died after her light aircraft crashed near an airfield.The woman, in her 40s, was killed after the plane crashed near Dunkeswell Airfield in Devon on Friday morning.Residents reported a multi-agency response to the crash site, including ambulance, air ambulance, fire crews and police shortly after 10am. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene.Devon and Cornwall Police said the woman's next of kin has been informed, while the Air Accident Investigation Branch has been notified.Superintendent Jo Arundale said: 'We will be working closely with the Air Accident Investigation Branch to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash this morning.'We recognise it is a very sad incident and we are appealing to the public not to speculate regarding the crash.'Furthermore, we would like to ask anybody who may have relevant footage to get in touch with us and not to post it online.'Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the person involved.' A female pilot in her 40s was killed after her plane crashed near Dunkeswell Airfield in Devon on Friday morning Local residents reported a multi-agency response to the site, including ambulance, air ambulance, fire crews and police. The pilot was pronounced dead at the sceneA spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: 'We were called at 10:01hrs on Friday 26 June to an incident near Honiton. 'We sent a double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, a hazardous area response team, an operations officer and a responding officer to the scene.'Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service confirmed it had sent three fire engines to the scene this morning, Somerset Live reported. Anybody with relevant footage is asked to call Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 quoting log 268 of June 26.Dunkeswell Airfield has previously been at the centre of three fatalities within the past year.Skydiver Charles McNeil, known as Chas, plummeted to the ground after his parachute failed to deploy for 'some unknown reason', an inquest heard in March. The 49-year-old former soldier had been doing a wingsuit jump with a friend in February when he died using his own personal parachute equipment, according to Skydive South West.His death followed that of two people last June when their parachutes failed to open during a tandem jump from 15,000 feet. Inquests into the deaths of mum-of-four Belinda Taylor, 48, and instructor Adam Harrison, 30, were opened previously by Devon Coroner's Court in Exeter.British Skydiving, the police and local authority are all investigating the deaths and inquests have been adjourned to a later date. This is breaking news, more follows.
