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UPDATED - Light aircraft crashes at Southend Airport
12:36pm Friday 4th July 2008
AN aircraft has crash-landed at Southend Airport.
The aircraft had four people on board when it came down at 11.09am.
Fire crews and ambulance crews were called after the small Piper PA-32 Saratoga was diverted to make an emergency landing.
Airport emergency services initially dealt with the incident, with Essex Fire and Rescue Service acting as back-up.
Fire crews helped free one passenger.
All four people escaped uninjured.
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Stupid Spud, Thorpe Bay says...
1:10pm Fri 4 Jul 08
steve wrote:Wait for the Anti-airport nimby brigade to start kicking off.
Just for correctness this was actually a Piper PA.32 Saratoga and not as stated in your text above as a P8-32. Runway blocked for about an hour before it was towed off the runway by a tractor.
They will ignore the fact that the aircraft was diverting into Southend and not operating out of the airport.
Steve, Leigh says...
3:12pm Fri 4 Jul 08
Stupid Spud wrote:Southend Airport, formerly Rochford airport, has been there since 1914 - I doubt if there are many residents that can remember it not being there, so they will all have moved into the area knowing it was there. More fool them!
steve wrote: Just for correctness this was actually a Piper PA.32 Saratoga and not as stated in your text above as a P8-32. Runway blocked for about an hour before it was towed off the runway by a tractor.Wait for the Anti-airport nimby brigade to start kicking off. They will ignore the fact that the aircraft was diverting into Southend and not operating out of the airport.
152, Rochford says...
3:31pm Fri 4 Jul 08
State the obvious, Lol says...
6:52pm Fri 4 Jul 08
152 wrote:A plane had crashed. :)
I saw a hive of activity on the runway as I went past just after 12, but couldn't make out what was actually going on.
John, UK says...
7:15pm Fri 4 Jul 08
152, Rochford says...
8:15pm Fri 4 Jul 08
State the obvious wrote:Reading that made me smile.
152 wrote:A plane had crashed. :)
I saw a hive of activity on the runway as I went past just after 12, but couldn't make out what was actually going on.
trevor spedding, laindon says...
8:44pm Sat 5 Jul 08
Dave B, Southend says...
11:14pm Sat 5 Jul 08
trevor spedding wrote:Did you have your anorak to hand ?
The aircraft was actually a Piper PA32R Cherokee Lance which was the predecessor to the Saratoga. It landed gear up and no-one was hurt.
;-)
wubber side up, Southend says...
1:08am Mon 7 Jul 08
bomber harris's neighbour, cheltenham says...
4:14am Mon 7 Jul 08
undertaker, crays hill says...
8:17am Mon 7 Jul 08
bomber harris's neighbour wrote:They were spy planes looking for your brain....!
i saw a hive of activity in the sky throughout the summer and autumn of 1940 there was a huge number of planes in the sky. i couldn't make out what was going on, i know it's a long time ago now but can anyone help?
mazdaguy, essex says...
8:56pm Wed 9 Jul 08
the pilot and atc did a brilliant job to land that aircraft but of course being a pilot myself i do know what i am talking aboutb
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steve, southend airport says...
1:05pm Fri 4 Jul 08