Just getting reports in of 2 RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft have crashed into the sea North of Inverness about 14:00 this afternoon.  No news on the crews, fingers crossed they all got out in one piece 

Like you Lawrence hope the crews are ok.

One aircraft can be seen in the water the other is "missing", I assume it has broken up considerably. One bit of good news  they have got 2 guys out of the water and on the way to hospital, nothing on the other crew yet 

Hopefully all have survived.
Seems a little odd for 2 to crash, though

Quote from: newportnobby on July 03, 2012, 04:07:06 PM
Hopefully all have survived.
Seems a little odd for 2 to crash, though

not if they were  dog fighting or flying formation, at 500+mph it all goes wrong very quickly.....

Two rescued according to bbc teletext.

Here's hoping he other are ok too.
Kirky

at least plenty of resources up there for search, I assume Lossie still has Seakings, Buckie has the RNLI severn class, and when I was up there a few years ago also had a Smit vessel based there for training with the Seakings.

also, plenty of fishing boats so hopefully the missing two will be picked up very soon.

The SAR Helo has just returned to Stornaway presumably for fuel and a crew change
If interested you can follow it on http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ it is SAR 111232501 (pale blue on the map)

Returning to Stornaway suggests to me they have found nothing as they would have taken any "finds" back to Inverness.  I am getting a bad feeling about this one 

A very sad incident....
2 recovered with no word on condition and 2 currently still missing.

I suspect the mood in Lossie mess is very sombre indeed at the moment awaiting further news.

Per Ardua chaps...from a Herc mate.

STU from EGDL

Thoughts also for those lost in the C130 MAFFS crash in S Dakota on the 1st July.

My family is from lossiemouth my dad served there when it was hms fulmar, never a good vibe when there's a lost plane, thoughts go out to the families of those brave guys,

Quote from: StufromEGDL on July 03, 2012, 09:10:11 PM
A very sad incident....
2 recovered with no word on condition and 2 currently still missing.

I suspect the mood in Lossie mess is very sombre indeed at the moment awaiting further news.

Per Ardua chaps...from a Herc mate.

STU from EGDL

Rumour (and that is all it is currently) but one of the guys never made it to the hospital 
Currently SAR still on the deck at Stornoway, weather is DS on the East Coast
They have been in for 7 hours + now only positive is I know the guys will be busting a gut up there to complete the rescue

Thoughts and Prayers go out to all concerned, I know what it feels like as I lost a Son in 1987 when they put a submarine into a dive and left him and his mate up top, neither of them were found.

according to the BBC news

The search for two missing crew stopped for the night at 10:45 BST due to bad weather, and will resume on Wednesday.

no statement on condition of the two airlifted to Inverness.

Wishing well to all those involved in the search and the families of the airmen.

Just checked Lawrence's link, and no sign of any activity in the search area, although I assume that 202's seakings would not appear on there.

what did strike me, both last night when I checked, and this morning, is the total lack of commercial shipping in the area.

I may be getting old, but I remember when something like this would result in any ship in the area heading at full speed to assist.

I guess these days there is no profit in that, though no doubt when they are in trouble they will expect the RAF and Coastguard to risk their lives to go to their aid.

a sad comment on todays values.

hopefully someone will get out there soon, if the guys are there, and I'm sure we all hope they are, then they must feel lost in a huge sea, just waiting for the big yellow chopper to come for them.

fingers crossed.