Air Ambo Incident - Essendon 21/02/17
 

An Air Ambo plane has just gone down off the end of 17 into the DFO. Fingers crossed for all onboard.

Crash at YMEN
 

Just hearing news of an accident at YMEN - apparently Air Ambulance King Air.
May have hit shops. Doesn't look good... Thoughts to those involved.

King Air down at Essendon?
 

ABC Radio reporting black smoke from DFO and witnesses claiming they have seen an air ambulance, possibly a King Air, crash immediately after takeoff.

EN crash?
 

Mods delete please, other threads started.

Reports are an Air Ambulance Kingair with 5 POB into the DFO, not good!

Media reports came in about 5 min ago. Tullamarine freeway closed. Images with lots of black smoke suggests something bigger than a warrior:(

https://twitter.com/JimmyTraffic has some "info"

Bloody hell.

There's differing reports as to whether it's an ambo or a charter/non ambo plane.

Reports of engine failure at around 100ft D: D:

They're saying now it wasn't an air ambulance, it was a charter aircraft on its way to King Island. I'm thinking it could be ZCR.

DF.

Ambulance Vic have stated its not their aircraft.

Possibly VH-ZCR

Yeah that's what they're saying now DF and that the pilot called MAYDAY engine failure. Terrible

Yes appears to be VH-ZCR from FlightRadar24. I was at MEL, clearly audible and visible explosion - thought it was a commercial out of here at first.

200 metres from my front door and pointing approximately in my direction.

Trying to find the video again but in one of the aerial clips I've seen there was a part that looked like a King Air horizontal stab. But only very little remaining of it.

The Australian now reporting 5 confirmed dead :(

ZCR which went in. Looks like engine failure after takeoff, yaw to the left then cartwheeled in. No survivors unfortunately.

They are not saying confirmed, they are saying feared. Im sure we can all draw the final conclusion but lets not go making incorrect statements on the matter.

ABC (Australian) News Radio wall to wall coverage at this time.