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30th March 2008, 18:19
A Cessna Citation private jet on a flight to france has crashed near biggin hill all 5 people on board died. a pilot who was in the air at the time heard the plain make a mayday call to biggin hill seconds later the aircraft crashed into broadwater gardens a housing estate in Farnborough leaving one house in flames
Jim Bascran of the London Fire Brigade said nobody from on board the plane had survived, while there had been no people inside the houses that were hit.
Witnesses suggested that the pilot had fought to minimise the destruction of the crash by bringing the doomed plane down away from the busiest part of the large housing estate.
A pilot who was flying a four-seater aircraft just ahead of the one that crashed said he heard the plane make a mayday call.I was on final approach about 30 seconds from touchdown at Biggin Hill, and I heard the pilot in the other plane declare mayday," he said.
They were experiencing some aircraft vibration in the engines.
"Biggin Hill Tower acknowledged the mayday and the pilot reported five people on board.
"As I turned off the runway, I looked back and saw the plane nosedive.
The radio went dead and all the black smoke came up."
It is understood family members were on board the plane, which was heading for Pau in south west France.
Jim Bascran of the London Fire Brigade said nobody from on board the plane had survived, while there had been no people inside the houses that were hit.
Witnesses suggested that the pilot had fought to minimise the destruction of the crash by bringing the doomed plane down away from the busiest part of the large housing estate.
A pilot who was flying a four-seater aircraft just ahead of the one that crashed said he heard the plane make a mayday call.I was on final approach about 30 seconds from touchdown at Biggin Hill, and I heard the pilot in the other plane declare mayday," he said.
They were experiencing some aircraft vibration in the engines.
"Biggin Hill Tower acknowledged the mayday and the pilot reported five people on board.
"As I turned off the runway, I looked back and saw the plane nosedive.
The radio went dead and all the black smoke came up."
It is understood family members were on board the plane, which was heading for Pau in south west France.