A plane crashed at midday on Sunday at Sandown airport, killing all four on-board.

Reports say that the plane came down a half mile after take-off, after the plane had climbed to around 100ft, nose diving into a corn field near Canteen Road in Apse Heath.

It’s reported that 30 firefighters from the Island Fire and Rescue service attended with five pumps and three specialist vehicles. A spokesman told the Daily Mail that there was nothing that could have been done to save the four people on board, “The plane was well alight when we arrived and there was no way of getting the people out.”

It happened just after taking off at the start of a journey to France. Reports say that the plane had arrived from Tatenhill, Nottingham during the morning.

Reports of the plane crash came through to publications as widespread as the International Herald Tribune.

UPDATE: We also see that Brian Curd was on the scene a short time after the crash had happened, before the emergency services arrived.

Investigations into the crash are being undertaken by the police and the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, part of the Department for Transport.

Sandown airport is the location for Wight Airlines.

There was also a helicopter crash in Cumbria this weekend.

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