Emergency providers are trying to find survivors in Port Phillip Bay after a former army jet with two folks on board crashed into the ocean close to Mount Martha, in Melbourne’s south-east, on Sunday afternoon.
Two mild Viper S-211 Marchetti planes collided midair about 12 kilometres west of Mount Martha on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the Australian Maritime Security Authority mentioned.
Police search the water after a jet crashed into Port Phillip Bay on Sunday.Credit score: 9 Information
AMSA mentioned one plane crashed into Port Phillip Bay, whereas the opposite aircraft, which additionally had two folks on board, was capable of land safely at Essendon Airport.
Police mentioned emergency providers had been known as to the Esplanade in Mount Martha at about 1.45pm after reviews of an plane incident.
Crash particles had been noticed floating on the water the place the emergency service employees had been looking out.
AMSA has three rescue helicopters looking out the scene and is coordinating the response with the Victorian Water Police and volunteer marine rescue items concerned within the floor response.
Viper S-211 Marchettis are Italian-made fighter planes now primarily used for Air Drive coaching.
Channel 9 reported that the aircraft that landed in Essendon confirmed indicators of injury and had been taped off by police in its hangar.
The pilot had been drug and alcohol examined, which is commonplace protocol for investigating such a collision, 9 additionally reported.
Extra to return.