Plane crash at Shoreham - avoid A259

[Springal]

Reported 2 planes have collided in mid air near Shoreham airport (at the recreation ground / Norfolk bridge), whole of A259 is shut/screwed so avoid.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I hope it wasn't Bloom flying out and CMS flying in.

More info will be shown here hopefully.

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Doesn't sound too good

 

[Springal]

Mid air thing seems a bit sensationalist, IF 2 planes were involved, likely 1 was in troubles and the other had to manouver out of the way, also possibly grounding itself. Certainly 1 plane has crashed on the rec regardless

 

[Everest]

'kin hell.
I wondered what the smoke was just after 4.30.

 

[steward 433]

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Crikey, I often take the littlun down there!!!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Would be about 1/2 mile from my house. If it's the recreation ground, it's next door to where I grew up, at what is now the Dogs Trust place.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

A little on the Argus site, not much.

 

[Gully]

Would be about 1/2 mile from my house. If it's the recreation ground, it's next door to where I grew up, at what is now the Dogs Trust place.

Just mentioned it on R5 and that is pretty much exactly how they described the location, minus the bit about your house, just said that a light aircraft had crashed on the rec and the road was closed in both directions.

 

[mikeyjh]

Coastguard chopper is very low over the railway line in Shoreham, not sure what's going on there...

 

[Sock]

Plane crash over Shoreham

Heard that two small planes (the sort of planes you would see at shoreham airport) crashed into each other earlier over Shoreham , one of the pilots might be dead.

Anyone else heard this?

 

[Shoreham Beach Seagull]

Coastguard chopper is very low over the railway line in Shoreham, not sure what's going on there...

It was over in Shoreham Beach going along the river as well

 

[Fef]

Another thread...

Plane crash at Shoreham - avoid A259

 

[Sock]

terrible stuff

 

[Sock]

Sorry about that, already a thread.

 

[Scoffers]

merged!

 

[Pat McCrotch]

just had a wander down there. lots of fire engines, taped off area of the rec. various bits of wreckage scattered. but the coast guard choppper is doing a low scan all the way down the river and life boat ribs are also out indicating someone may have bailed out into the river. not good whatever has happened.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

So do we know if the planes did actually crash into each other mid-air?

 

[Pat McCrotch]

clipped wings apparently. one came down, the other landed safely

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

just had a wander down there. lots of fire engines, taped off area of the rec. various bits of wreckage scattered. but the coast guard choppper is doing a low scan all the way down the river and life boat ribs are also out indicating someone may have bailed out into the river. not good whatever has happened.

One of the comments in the Argus page said a plane went into the river. Hope its just speculation.

 

[Max Paper]

Was on the beach in Lancing walking towards shoreham. Saw the smoke come up but just missed the crash. Shortly after all the sirens were going and they had the lifeboat out in the sea and the rescue chopper LOW combing the coastline. We assumed pilot Must have bailed upon approach but after reading the argus site I dont know what they were looking for?