Plane Crash at Cork Airport

Aldebaran

On RTÉ One now.

rainbowdrop

RIP to those people.......

Was just talking to a friend who works in Cork Airport. She said it's mayhem up there. All incoming flights are diverted to Shannon, all outgoing flights are suspended.

kfallon

Awful news, heart goes out to everyone involved!

Debthree

Watching RTE report now...
They're saying the plane crashed just before 10am on main runway (17). Witnesses heard a loud bang. Plane burst into flames. Emergency units responded immediately.

fakearms123

I thought there would be more people on a commuter flight from Belfast to Cork, there is usually more than 8? very sad story.

joe316

May their souls rest easy, horrible horrible way to die.

Hopefully the number dead is the lowest of the numbers reported.

RIP

Joe

jd007

I think people should remember 8 is an unconfirmed number.

Cork County Council spokesman says 3 people are confirmed dead after a plane from Belfast crashed at Cork Airport

http://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/35655208302288896#

temply

Flew to Cork once, on a small aer arran plane, absolutely terrifying - never ever again - mate who's brother is a pilot said that Cork is very difficult to land in coz its on the coast & can be very windy.

Desperately sad.

Misty Chaos

I log into facebook and this was the first thing I saw someone talking about it.

This is terrible news to hear, my heart goes to everyone affected.

Sephiroth_dude

R.I.P,I'm in complete and utter shock you never think something like this is gonna happen in your own back yard

Debthree

temply, the airport itself isn't on the coast. It is very high and notoriously foggy. Having said that we don't know why the plane crashed.

cornbb

Radio reports are saying there are still people trapped in the wreckage

Independent reporter is saying that the fog isn't too thick up there right now - fatality estimates are 3-8, he says 3 is the more likely figure.

Awful news, RIP.

Kenzi

Brenireland wrote: »

Kerry Radio are a bit slow

I'm here at the mo and I can assure they are not.
Unconfirmed reports from alot of sources saying different things..

RIP those who have passed away

JerryHandbag

RTE saying plane came apart in the middle Can only imagine the terror of the passengers in their final minutes, awful horrible news. Hope fatalities number is as low as possible.

Basq

Absolutely shocking news..

RTÉ should be careful with stating 8 dead and several injured.. they never mentioned it was unconfirmed while I was watching.

Others (including BreakingNews and Sky News) are stating 3 dead and several injured.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost someone in the flight!

RIP!

IamtheWalrus

18 on board. Some dead and some injured.

jd007

Someone from the hospital in cork has said there is around 5 fatalities so far. 18 on board the plane apparently.

oeb

According to sky 3 dead, 2 trapped and 6 taken to hospital.

Fog was nuts here this morning.

Hogzy

Traffic is unbelievable in the area. Avoid at ALL Costs!!!!

IvySlayer

RIP

oeb

Hogzy wrote: »

Traffic is unbelievable in the area. Avoid at ALL Costs!!!!

Apparently southlink is closed from airport to wilton, unconfirmed but from douglas it looks like nothing is moving.

RTE twitter now says

Latest as given by Cork Airport: Three confirmed dead; 2 seriously injured; 1 walking wounded; 2 survivors still trapped; 4 unaccounted for

Reoil

Hogzy wrote: »

Traffic is unbelievable in the area. Avoid at ALL Costs!!!!

Correct facts: 12 on board. 6 confirmed dead so far.

SeaFields

Jesus, this is a mental thing to wake up to. Its seems 3 are confirmed dead so far. There are so many figures flying around its hard to know whats accurate.

I only came through the airport on saturday night after landing in a storm. You ever think anything bad is going to happen.

IvySlayer

RTE say 3 dead and 4 unaccounted for.

Sky News say 6 dead.

Mint Sauce

3 confirmed dead

Three people have been confirmed dead and four people are unaccounted for following a plane crash at Cork Airport.

Cork Airport PR Representative Tom O'Sullivan said two surviovors are still trapped inside the plane.

The Manx2 commuter flight was en route from Belfast when it crashed in heavy fog at Cork Airport just before 10am.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0210/cork.html

RIP

ibarelycare

Irish Times saying 6 confirmed dead.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0210/breaking19.html

Basq

SeaFields wrote: »

I only came through the airport on saturday night after landing in a storm. You ever think anything bad is going to happen.

I came into Dublin Airport from France on Sunday morning with terrible wind and rain..

.. it was an incredibly bumpy and shaky landing, but jesus.. someone like that is the last thing you expect to happen.

The fact it's so close to home makes it feel so real, and shocking.

Xivilai

R.I.P to those who died. I hope to **** the others make it out of the wreckage

Ghost Train

RTE 5 confimed dead from cork hospital

With 14 people on a plane, supposedly 2/3 dead is a miracle!

Hogzy

South RIng closed between Kinsale and Wilton i hear to allow access from Airport to CUH. At least they have access to Irelands only Trauma One Hospital. They are only a few miles from the best emergency hospital in the country.

Gaudizeit

5 confirmed dead on rte. That was from CUH. Hopefully no more. Fierce tragedy.

IvySlayer

6 dead, 6 injured, confirmed

Brenireland

Are the Passengers Irish?,I heard the plane is registered in The Isle Of Man & was Flying from Belfast to Cork.

Balfie

Sky news reporting 6 dead, and 6 seriously injured.. "confirmed" by Cork County Council

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This is the type of thing we never expect to happen to ourselves. How terrible . . . .

RIP

IvyTheTerrible

Oh no.

Those poor people and their families.

I hope there are no more deaths.

aDeener

RIP

shocking stuff altogether

Brenireland

Brenireland wrote: »

Are the Passengers Irish?,I heard the plane is registered in The Isle Of Man & was Flying from Belfast to Cork.

Can anyone confirm this,are the passengers Irish.

seamus

Brenireland wrote: »

Are the Passengers Irish?,I heard the plane is registered in The Isle Of Man & was Flying from Belfast to Cork.

It's a Manx2 flight. They don't actually own any planes, but run other airline's aircraft under their own name.

It was a commercial flight coming from Belfast city, so I would imagine there are a number of Irish/UK citizens on board.

Kur4mA

Terrible terrible news. RIP to those that passed and good luck to all those injured and unaccounted for.

Brenireland

seamus wrote: »

It's a Manx2 flight. They don't actually own any planes, but run other airline's aircraft under their own name.

It was a commercial flight coming from Belfast city, so I would imagine there are a number of Irish/UK citizens on board.

ok,cheers.

recyclops

This bloke on rte seems to be leaning on pilot error, bit early to be insinuating anything if you ask me.

Awful news, kinda think it's
Something that happens elsewhere in the world

Colham

RIP

"Seriously injured" can mean life threatening injuries:(

SeaFields

Sky reporting there will be a press conference soon at the airport.

Edit : "Irelands First Minister" to hold news conference at 12.30

AwayWithFaries

This is terrible. You really don't expect this kinda news on your own doorstep.

Halo Kitty

Watching RTE news and they are pointing the blame at pilot error...i think this is a bit insensitive at the present time when investigors have not been deployed as yet....

IvySlayer

Halo Kitty wrote: »

Watching RTE news and they are pointing the blame at pilot error...i think this is a bit insensitive at the present time when investigors have not been deployed as yet....

Sky News saying the same about why the pilot didn't divert rather than risk a third landing. Leave it until you have all the facts.

Ghost Train

http://twitpic.com/3y9kf8

picture of plane upside down

Hogzy

Manx2.com emergency helpline number for anyone who needs info

+44 2890427004