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Two light aircraft crash in Wales | |
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There are reports that two light aircraft have crashed in south Wales. | There are reports that two light aircraft have crashed in south Wales. |
South Wales Fire Service confirmed that incident has happened in the Porthcawl area of Bridgend county. | South Wales Fire Service confirmed that incident has happened in the Porthcawl area of Bridgend county. |
A spokeswoman confirmed that two aircraft crashed in the North Cornelly area, possibly into the sea. | |
One eyewitness told BBC Wales she saw two planes hit each other in the sky, and then saw them come down to the ground, followed by an explosion shortly afterwards. | |
At first there wasn't an explosion straight away but then there was. They just went down Reena Callingham, eye witness | |
Reena Callingham told the BBC news website: "I was in the garden putting the clothes on the line and I could hear a light aircraft. | |
"I looked up because I couldn't see it and thought to myself that it was high up. | |
"And then I could hear another one and I could see that one too and I thought to myself that didn't realise they flew so close together. | |
"I watched them for a few minutes and then the second one just hit him. | |
"I just couldn't believe it. At first there wasn't an explosion straight away but then there was. They just went down. | |
"I couldn't speak and I rang the police. My heart is still beating so hard, it was a big shock. You can see smoke now but I don't know exactly where they are." | |
Emergency service are on the scene including the coastguard and RAF rescue helicopters. The Central Beacons mountain rescue team have also been called to help. | |
Porthcawl and Port Talbot coastguard teams and the coastguard helicopter are also involved. | |
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