Plane Crash In Orpington

[baser999]

In your neck of the woods isn't it Yogi? You guys ok?

[dunks]

Have spoken to Yogi all ok, all though hes pretty shook up,

[tony_cousins]

What sort of plane was it ? Commercial or private ?

Glad Yogi is fine though

[baser999]

What sort of plane was it ? Commercial or private ?

Glad Yogi is fine though

SkyNews suggest it was an 8-seater Cessna with 'at least' 5 on board - heard nothing official yet from our crews on scene though. Will keep you posted if I hear any more before I finish at 18:30

[col_2]

im watching sky new now, it must be terrible for the residents living near, glad yogi & family are ok it couldof been alot worse.

[baser999]

Most of our crews been stood down - couple of incident related casualties (asthma attack/shock). Sadly no news on the passengers although think its safe to say there wouldn't have been any survivors, after all theres nothing left of the plane.

[swifty1981]

i was watching it on skynews to. cant believe it. it was lucky the house owners are on holiday

[yogi-]

The plane flew over the house and a split second later i heared it crash, I ran a round the corner to see two houses on fire, the house on the left the people were in the garden playing with the kids at the time.

There are two houses between us and the crash site.

[Scooby Hoo?]

The plane flew over the house and a split second later i heared it crash, I ran a round the corner to see two houses on fire, the house on the left the people were in the garden playing with the kids at the time.

There are two houses between us and the crash site.

How lucky is that

[col_2]

The plane flew over the house and a split second later i heared it crash, I ran a round the corner to see two houses on fire, the house on the left the people were in the garden playing with the kids at the time.

There are two houses between us and the crash site.

you was soo lucky, everyone near must be in shock, ive got friends who live in bigging hill, its terrible.

[luke_clifton]

Glad your okay mate, must have been quite a shock.

[ROAR]

KIN ELL thatsdbloody close, glad to here you all ok!

[yogi-]

As i turned up on scene seconds after impact

View from my bedroom window

Another shot from bedroom window

Finger on our house, the house hit was behind the house where fire crew on left are standing

Edited April 19, 2008 by yogi-

[gary may]

wow its the first i've read about it,just came back from dartford nothing on the radio

[luke_clifton]

Thats close mate. Having abit of a lucky day? Quick, go buy a lottery ticket.

[swifty1981]

glad you are all ok mate

[baser999]

That is indeed very close - if the pilot managed to get the plane over the estate and finally come down where he did, he deserves the biggest medal they can find...........shame the poor b*****d got killed in the process

[tony_cousins]

That is indeed very close - if the pilot managed to get the plane over the estate and finally come down where he did, he deserves the biggest medal they can find...........shame the poor b*****d got killed in the process

Thats too close for comfort, and i thought it bad living under the flight path for rochester airport !!!! Never seen a plane land outside the fence there though

[darryl_martin]

Jesus mate that was close. Glad you are all ok!

[Scooby Hoo?]

That is indeed very close - if the pilot managed to get the plane over the estate and finally come down where he did, he deserves the biggest medal they can find...........shame the poor b*****d got killed in the process

I sometimes wonder how many of us, would react in that situation, would we sacrifice our life just to save others.

[yogi-]

I sometimes wonder how many of us, would react in that situation, would we sacrifice our life just to save others.

I was sitting watching tv, i looked out of the window and saw some pigeons fly off all of a sudden, then i heared what sounded like a fighter plane, then heared the crash which skook the house. I then ran to the front door the same time as my mum....we collided and fell over eachother, paniking and freaking out, Terri at this point was in the loft, my dad was in the annex, I was running around like a headless chicken saying WTF is happening, I grabbed my camera ran out the door and looked up and saw smoke and thought..oh no WTF so i just ran around the corner to the scene, I was the first there and it was calm and silent which was freaky.

then people just started comming from all over the place and chaos started and i just was speachless.

Edited March 30, 2008 by yogi-

[gary may]

ian just saw your car on the news,unless someone else as got one too

Edited March 30, 2008 by gary may

[yogi-]

One of the people killed was David Leslie British touring car driver

[dave.t]

From Autosport website,

Former British Touring Car racer David Leslie and sportscar team boss Richard Lloyd were among five people killed in a plane crash in Kent this afternoon, according to sources close to Autosport.

Their private Cessna Citation 501 aircraft was headed for the south of France where Leslie was due to drive Lloyd's Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR in an FIA GT3 equalisation test at Nogaro tomorrow.

The pilot made a mayday call to Biggin Hill Airfield, near Farnborough, reporting severe engine vibrations, but the plane crashed into the corner of a housing estate seconds later. The plane's two pilots and three passengers were killed, but nobody on the ground was injured.

A pilot who was flying a small aircraft just ahead of Leslie and Lloyd's plane told Sky News: "I was on final approach to Biggin Hill and I heard the pilot declare mayday and I could hear alarms in the cockpit.

"The pilot said 'We're going down, we're going down.' The radio stayed live and as I turned off the runway I looked back and saw the plane drop out of the sky. The radio went dead and black smoke came up from over the hill."

Leslie, who was 54, was best known for his wins in the British Touring Car Championship at the height of the super touring formula's popularity in the late 1990s, but he had also enjoyed a long and successful career in single-seaters and sportscars.

Lloyd, who was 63, founded Richard Lloyd Racing, who ran Porsche 956s and 962s in the World Sportscar Championship. He also successfully ran Audis in the BTCC and at Le Mans, and managed Bentley's victorious return to Le Mans in 2003. More recently he developed the Jaguar XKR for the FIA GT3 Championship.

Authorities have not confirmed the identity of plane's occupants.

A statement from the Metropolitan Police read: "We haven't confirmed the identity of any of the victims. Until we know that all of the next of kin have been informed, we can't make any further comment."

[emmo]

I work at Metrobus, which is just down the road. This was a great tragedy and if, as suspected, David Leslie was on board then I pass my condolences to the family. His escapades in the Ecurie Ecosse Cavalier were indeed heroic