US Military plane crash in uk *Breaking* - October 2015

Details are still sketchy but we understand a millitary plane has crashed on farmland at Redmere near Ely.

Police, fire and air ambulance were called to the scene just after 10:30.

No reports yet of any casualties.

Theres really not much info on this yet, i hope no ones hurt.

Heres a link to live updates
www.bbc.co.uk...

a reply to: PhoenixOD

R.I.P to anyone killed in the accident. Hopefully there are not that many fatality's or injured.

a reply to: PhoenixOD

It was a Navy F-18 that had just taken off.

Interestingly a couple hours ago a Typhoon sent out a 7700 code for an in flight emergency.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Any idea if the crew had time/altitude to eject?

a reply to: andy06shake pilot ejected safely apparently

a reply to: andy06shake

the pilot died... May he find peace

a reply to: andy06shake

The only thing I've found confirmed is type. Lakenheath confirmed that it was just after takeoff but that's it.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: PhoenixOD

It was a Navy F-18 that had just taken off.

Interestingly a couple hours ago a Typhoon sent out a 7700 code for an in flight emergency.

how in the hell do you know this kind of stuff!!

The F-18 crashed after complications when it was going to conduct air refueling.

The pilot has ejected.

Military plane crash: Police confirm one killed

Cambridgeshire Police has just confirmed one fatality in the military plane crash.

a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin

I get 7600 and 7700 alerts. It's already been a busy day for 7700s today.

It was almost immediately after takeoff. The crash site is reported to be about 4 miles from the base. He would have barely had time to get the gear up before whatever happened went wrong.

Eta: looks like he actually came down near Mildenhall after taking off from Lakenheath.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: PhoenixOD

It was a Navy F-18 that had just taken off.

Interestingly a couple hours ago a Typhoon sent out a 7700 code for an in flight emergency.

I see that it popped up on my flight radar app but I was asleep so I missed it. Any ideas what that was ? Now I've set up alerts for 7700s my phone gets quite busy sometimes

a reply to: R3DEY3

21/10/2015 12:33

Based on the information receiving and comms. Very high possibility that the pilot ejected and has been heard talking to Lakenheath (@planesonthenet)

He didnt make it.

Cambridgeshire police told the BBC that one person - believed to be the pilot - was killed in the crash.

There were no other casualties.

www.standard.co.uk...

Wow I wish they would get their facts right before reporting if anyone has died or not .. What a fiasco

a reply to: ThePeaceMaker

Yeah, they're usually better than this about waiting on facts.

a reply to: ThePeaceMaker

Not yet. Sometimes they just slide by without any info.

It was a flight of four that stopped at Lakenheath for crew rest. They were on a ferry flight from the ME back to the US.

May have seen it.

I was driving through the area and saw what looked like a Legacy aircraft flying low. Lower than I normally see them fly.

Due to driving I didn't see what happened to it