Overview
- A Vulcanair P.68R police aircraft was heard circling low over homes in Warndon, Worcester late at night and woke and unsettled several residents.
- NPAS confirmed the plane was sent to two separate incidents that same shift: an earlier report involving a paraglider that was found safe and a welfare report near Twyning that produced a short search.
- Gloucestershire officers searched with local units and an NPAS aircraft for a reported distressed male but found no one matching the description and stood the search down, while the Tewkesbury task lasted 26 minutes.
- NPAS said its fixed‑wing planes are a national resource that are often forward deployed to cover different regions, which can require transits between counties during a single night.
- Residents remain concerned about late‑night low flying and engine noise, and the episode highlights questions about how police aviation movements are explained to communities when aircraft transit between tasks.