Red Arrows Plane Crashes At RAF Valley in Anglesey

Reports suggest that an RAF Red Arrows Hawk Jet has crashed in North Wales and the pilot has been forced to eject from the plane.

It is understood that there were two people on board the plane at the time of the incident.

An air ambulance has been called to RAF Valley on the island of Anglesey in North Wales

Police were called to the scene at 1:50pm and remain on the scene but North Wales Police said that they are unable to provide any more information at this time.

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed that they also attended an incident involving an aircraft at 1:56pm this afternoon.

An Air Ambulance spokesperson said: "We were called shortly before 1.30pm this afternoon to reports an aircraft had crashed at RAF Valley in Holyhead.

"There is an emergency ambulance and a Wales Air Ambulance at the scene."

The RAF have tweeted to say that they are aware of the incident and are investigating.

They have also issued a request for anyone with any video or pictures of the incident to send them their evidence. They have asked that the videos and pictures not be posted online.

The Ministry of Defence have also tweeted that they are aware of the incident and have launched an investigation.

The Red Arrows are currently training for the upcoming display season at the RAF base in North Wales where Prince William served as a helicopter pilot in the RAF Search and Rescue Team.

An eyewitness told local 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."

RAF Valley is home to the No.4 Flying Training School and is responsible for providing Advanced Fast Jet Training to the RAF and the Fleet Wing Arm of the Royal Navy.

PA

The Red Arrows are the Royal Air Force's specialist aerobatics display team and are usually based out of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire but have been known to use other bases.

Topics: Police, Crash, Fire, Ambulance

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