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| Search-and-rescue plane crash lands on Jersey | Search-and-rescue plane crash lands on Jersey |
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| A search-and-rescue plane with five people on board has crash-landed on the north coast of Jersey while searching for two missing fishermen. | A search-and-rescue plane with five people on board has crash-landed on the north coast of Jersey while searching for two missing fishermen. |
| Those onboard the plane, which crash-landed just after 19:15 GMT in woodland close to the Priory Inn, at Devil's Hole, St Mary, were not injured. | |
| The aircraft is understood to be intact after hitting a tree. | |
| The two fishermen who were reported missing in a dinghy off the coast have been found, Jersey Coastguard said. | |
| 'Miraculous escape' | 'Miraculous escape' |
| John Gripton, managing editor of BBC Radio Jersey, said the twin-engine propeller plane was "intact" after "hitting a tree perilously close to the cliff top" at Devil's Hole. | |
| "There are reports that engines on the aircraft failed and that the plane used the twinkling lights of the pub in the darkness on the north coast as a target to try to land the craft on dry land," he told the BBC News Channel. | "There are reports that engines on the aircraft failed and that the plane used the twinkling lights of the pub in the darkness on the north coast as a target to try to land the craft on dry land," he told the BBC News Channel. |
| "Five people were on board and miraculously they appear to be ok and uninjured, and currently with the emergency services at the pub." | "Five people were on board and miraculously they appear to be ok and uninjured, and currently with the emergency services at the pub." |
| A Jersey Police statement said: "At 7.15pm the emergency services received a call from the Airport Fire Service and Coastguard who were reporting issues with a Channel Island Air Search (CIAS) plane. | A Jersey Police statement said: "At 7.15pm the emergency services received a call from the Airport Fire Service and Coastguard who were reporting issues with a Channel Island Air Search (CIAS) plane. |
| "The plane subsequently made an emergency landing in a field in St Mary. | "The plane subsequently made an emergency landing in a field in St Mary. |
| "Five people were on board, all are OK and currently with officers. | "Five people were on board, all are OK and currently with officers. |
| "We have no confirmed injuries at this time. The plane has been made safe by the fire service. | "We have no confirmed injuries at this time. The plane has been made safe by the fire service. |
| "The aircraft is confirmed as the Lion's Pride, a PBN-2B Islander aircraft built in 1982." | "The aircraft is confirmed as the Lion's Pride, a PBN-2B Islander aircraft built in 1982." |
| Mr Gripton said the crash happened during gale-force winds and torrential rain in a very rural part of the island, and as such it was pitch black. He said emergency services were continuing to search the surrounding woodland. | Mr Gripton said the crash happened during gale-force winds and torrential rain in a very rural part of the island, and as such it was pitch black. He said emergency services were continuing to search the surrounding woodland. |
| 'Shaken up' | 'Shaken up' |
| John Dowling, manager of the Priory Inn, said the five people onboard had gone into his pub with police after the incident. | |
| "No-one was injured, everyone was all right and that is the main thing, isn't it?" he said. | "No-one was injured, everyone was all right and that is the main thing, isn't it?" he said. |
| "Of course they were shaken up. | "Of course they were shaken up. |
| "You would be too if you'd just crash landed a plane, wouldn't you?" | "You would be too if you'd just crash landed a plane, wouldn't you?" |
| A number of vessels had been searching for the two missing men, including the crashed volunteer CIAS aircraft, which is based in neighbouring Guernsey. | |