{"id":1911,"date":"2025-04-08T17:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:43:50","slug":"two-dead-after-plane-crash-lands-at-racetrack-in-ashbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/two-dead-after-plane-crash-lands-at-racetrack-in-ashbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Two dead after plane crash-lands at racetrack\u00a0in Ashbourne\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"389\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22874063 lazyload\" alt=\"Two men have died after a light aircraft crashed at Darley Moor racetrack. The incident happened at about 11.30am today (Tuesday 8 April). Emergency services remain at the scene, and we ask that the public avoid the area at this time. Family members of the two men have been made aware and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. A file is being prepared for the coroner. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched an investigation into the incident.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_246797909-a0f2.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Aviation officials have launched an investigation (Picture: Darley Moor Racing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two men have died after an aircraft crashed at a racetrack near Ashbourne,\u00a0Derbyshire.<\/p>\n<p>The light aircraft \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.derbytelegraph.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/major-emergency-response-after-incident-10091702\"> reportedly a glider<\/a> \u2013 crashed at the motorcycle racing club, Darley Moor, just before 11.30am.<\/p>\n<p>People have been urged to avoid the area, about three miles from the town, as emergency services remain at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>The police said this afternoon: \u2018Family members of the two men have been made aware and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A file is being prepared for the coroner.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"396\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22874064 lazyload\" alt=\"Two men have died after a light aircraft crashed at Darley Moor racetrack. The incident happened at about 11.30am today (Tuesday 8 April). Emergency services remain at the scene, and we ask that the public avoid the area at this time. Family members of the two men have been made aware and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. A file is being prepared for the coroner. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has launched an investigation into the incident.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_246797828-2183-e1744134706555.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The race track is now off-limits to the public (Picture: Darley Moor Racing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/the-aaib-has-sent-a-team-of-inspectors-to-ashbourne-derbyshire\">launched <\/a>an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A multidisciplinary team of inspectors are on their way to the accident site,\u2019 the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials said firefighters were first called at 11.25am. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fire service resources have since been scaled back, with fire crews from Ashbourne and Wirksworth remaining on scene supporting colleagues from Derbyshire constabulary,\u2019 a spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation officials have launched an investigation (Picture: Darley Moor Racing) Two men have died after an aircraft crashed at a racetrack near Ashbourne,\u00a0Derbyshire. The light aircraft \u2013 reportedly a glider \u2013 crashed at the motorcycle racing club, Darley Moor, just before 11.30am. People have been urged to avoid the area, about three miles from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}