Airship - The Flying Bum did it again - Curt Lewis

The world's longest aircraft worth £25 million crashes in Bedfordshire field
'The Flying Bum' crashed again (Picture: Nikki Britton/Geoff Robinson Photography)
'The Flying Bum' has taken a tumble in a field.
The world's longest aircraft, Airlander 10, broke free from its mooring in Bedfordshire this afternoon and landed on its nose.

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It was the second time £25 million plane and airship hybrid had crashed in the last year and had just been repaired.

'We were walking past the field and suddenly saw the back end of the airship lift off the ground,' said Paul Britton, 44, from Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire.

'The airship has been outside for a couple of weeks and is fastened to the ground, but the back fastenings came undone and the aircraft did a nosedive.

'We suddenly saw lots men in high vis jackets come running out to secure it. It seemed as though a large gust of wind had caused the ropes to come loose.'

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No one was injured in the accident, but the cockpit was destroyed and since then the 92-metre long aircraft has been undergoing extensive repairs at a hangar in Cardington.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch found the crash was caused when Airlander couldn't be secured to its mooring mast at the end of its flight because a fault.
The makers of the Airlander, which was nicknamed the 'The Flying Bum' because it apparently looks like one, hope it will be back up and running by the end of the month.