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| Air-sea search after Pembrokeshire 'plane crash' reports | |
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| An air-and-sea search has been launched off Pembrokeshire's north coast amid reports that a light aircraft may have crashed into the sea. | |
| Milford Haven coastguards say residents in Trefin had reported a low flying aircraft overhead at around 19:10 GMT. | |
| There were fears fast jets may have been involved but this has been discounted by the Ministry of Defence. | |
| Coastguards have called out the rescue helicopter from RAF Chivenor as well as two all-weather RNLI lifeboats. | Coastguards have called out the rescue helicopter from RAF Chivenor as well as two all-weather RNLI lifeboats. |
| Coastguard rescue teams as well as police, the fire service and ambulances have been called to the area, which is midway between Fishguard and St Davids. | |
| The RNLI has launched its all-weather lifeboats at Fishguard and St Davids. | |
| The search was launched after coastguards said they received numerous calls from villagers reporting aircraft noise followed by a loud bang or blast. | |
| "Heard it circling' | |
| Sue Whitmore, who runs the Old School Hostel in Trefin, said she had heard what sounded like a light aircraft circling overhead. | |
| She said: "I didn't hear the bang. I heard it circling," She described that kind of noise as "very unusual especially at night". | |
| "A few minutes ago I heard a helicopter going over towards the sea and a lot of emergency vehicles have gone passed." | |
| She said other villagers had told her they had also heard an aircraft followed by a bang. | |
| At the Ship Inn pub people report the emergency services have been searching an area between Trefin and St Nicholas. | |
| "There are lot of emergency services," said one bar worker. | |
| An MoD spokesman confirmed that the reports do not relate to a military aircraft. | |
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