Orbit Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk...slands-18692532 Two people have been picked up by helicopter after two RAF Tornado jets crashed in the Moray Firth. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Tornado GR4s, which have a pilot and navigator, were from RAF Lossiemouth, on the Moray coast. The RNLI said Wick, Invergordon and Buckie lifeboats were searching for two missing crew south of Wick. The MoD said one of the aircraft had been seen in the water and the other was classed as "missing". Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted to the incident at about 13:50. An RAF helicopter picked up two people and flew them to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. A search is taking place in the Moray Firth The three lifeboats have been searching an area 25 miles (40km) south of Wick, in the Beatrice oil field, for the two crew who remain missing. Edited July 3, 2012 by zmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkDiggler Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 BBC just said the rescue operation has turned into a recovery operation; thoughts with our British brothers on this 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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