| Date: | Tuesday 4 April 2023 |
| Time: | c. 12:09 LT |
| Type: |  Jabiru UL-450 Calypso |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CDFK |
| MSN: | 571 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Damyns Hall Aerodrome (EGML), Upminster, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Damyns Hall Aerodrome (EGML), Essex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Jabiru UL-450 Calypso crashed shortly after takeoff from Damyns Hall Aerodrome (EGML), Upminster, Essex.
Both occupants sustained some injuries and were taken to hospital and the ultralight was written off.
AAIB deployed a team to the site.
1. https://thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2023/04/04/plane-crash-in-upminster-both-pilot-and-passenger-survive/
2. https://uknip.co.uk/Breaking/News/breaking/an-aircraft-has-crash-landed-at-damyns-hall-aerodrome-near-upminster/
3. https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/aircraft-crash-upminster-leaves-man-8323118
4. https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/23435035.upminster-plane-crash-leaves-man-fighting-life/
5. https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-04-04/two-rescued-after-plane-crashes-into-woods-in-east-london
https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/213/001213263.jpg (photo)
www.damynshall.co.uk
Police were called at 12.12hrs today to reports of a light aircraft that crashed shortly after take-off, in the area of Aveley Road, Upminster.
— Havering MPS (@MPSHavering) April 4, 2023
We and LAS are in attendance. A man & a woman were located. Neither assessed as having life-changing or life-threatening injuries.
HART alongside @LondonFire crews and @LDNairamb extricated occupants of a downed aircraft in #Upminster earlier. #UKHART #NARU #JESIP #Teamwork #Prehospital #PHEM #NHS #TeamLAS #Teamworking pic.twitter.com/yVxb50QcOx
— London Ambulance Service HART (@LAS_HART) April 4, 2023
Firefighters worked with our blue light partners to rescue a man and a woman trapped inside an aircraft in #Upminster following a collision. They were both taken to hospital by road and air ambulance crews https://t.co/OpFhwWcEVd pic.twitter.com/95yYKpUZ3W
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) April 4, 2023
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Apr-2023 12:27 | gerard57 | Added |
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