BBC News confirmed that one aircraft of the RAF Red Arrows display team crashed today at RAF Valley. RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides fast-jet training using the BAE Systems Hawk and provides training for aircrew working with search and rescue.
The article is constantly updated, when new information is aviable.
The location of the incident: RAF Valley, Anglesey Airport
UPDATE: 20.03.2018 – 20:20PM (CET)- Closer Picture
MOD statement on incident at RAF Valley pic.twitter.com/51MV1VGlG2
— Ministry of Defence (@DefenceHQ) 2018. március 20.
UPDATE: 20.03.2018 – 17:35PM (CET)- Closer Picture
Picture by Kerry Roberts
UPDATE: 20.03.2018 – 16:43PM (CET)- Eject Happened
Eyewitnesses described the moment a Red Arrows plane crashed at RAF Valley.
One said they saw the pilot of the plane eject moments before it hit the ground, followed by a huge smoke plume rising from the area around the base.
source: dailypost.co.uk
UPDATE: 20.03.2018 – 16:30PM (CET)- Air ambulance just leaves RAF Valley
Video scene from #RAFValley after reports that a Red Arrow jet crashed at the Anglesey base earlier this afternoon pic.twitter.com/4OtzX7JcdR
— NorthWalesChronicle (@NorthWalesChron) 2018. március 20.
UPDATE: 20.03.2018 – 16:25PM (CET)
The Reds are currently training for the upcoming airshow season at the base in North Wales.
We are aware of an incident today at RAF Valley involving a Hawk aircraft. We are investigating the incident.
— Red Arrows (@rafredarrows) 2018. március 20.
An eyewitness told to The Daily Post: “I was sat at Rhosneigr train station waiting for the train and you can see the air field from there and I was watching the Red Arrow flying because you hardly ever see them and then it looked like it was about to land then next thing I saw was the parachute and then the plane hit the runway and went up in flames.”
UPDATED: 20.03.2018 – 16:15PM (CET)
The Ministry of Defence confirmed it was a Hawk aircraft and an emergency ambulance crew was sent to the scene at about 13:30 GMT on Tuesday.
It is understood two people were on board the aircraft.
An RAF spokesman said: “We are aware of an incident today at RAF Valley involving a Hawk aircraft. We are investigating the incident and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”
It is believed the aircraft was flying from RAF Valley back to RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire – where they are based – when it crashed.
Source: BBS News Article
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