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divdiv class=story-body readability=44 span class=story-date#13; span class=date3 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time19:14 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introductionA search-and-rescue plane with five people on board has crash-landed on the north coast of Jersey while searching for two missing fishermen./p#13; pThose onboard were not injured in the incident, which happened shortly after 19:15 GMT in woodland close to the Priory Inn, at Devil's Hole, St Mary./p#13; pJersey Coastguard said at about 23:30 that the two fishermen had been found and a rescue operation was under way./p#13; pIt is understood the men are conscious but suffering from hypothermia. /p#13; pThey are being taken by helicopter to Jersey General Hospital./p#13; span class=cross-head'Miraculous escape'/span#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-24799223-47113 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70884000/jpg/_70884513_70884468.jpg alt=Rescue teams at the scene of the crash/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionThe BBC's John Gripton reports from the scene of the crash/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- pJohn Gripton, managing editor of BBC Radio Jersey, said the twin-engine propeller plane was intact after hitting a tree perilously close to the cliff top at Devil's Hole./p#13; pThere are reports that engines on the aircraft failed and that the plane used the twinkling lights of the pub in the darkness on the north coast as a target to try to land the craft on dry land, he told the BBC News Channel./p#13; pFive people were on board and miraculously they appear to be ok and uninjured, and currently with the emergency services at the pub./p#13; #13;#13; pA Jersey Police statement said: At 7.15pm the emergency services received a call from the Airport Fire Service and Coastguard who were reporting issues with a Channel Islands Air Search (CIAS) plane./p#13; pThe plane subsequently made an emergency landing in a field in St Mary./p#13; pFive people were on board, all are OK and currently with officers./p#13; pWe have no confirmed injuries at this time. The plane has been made safe by the fire service./p#13; pThe aircraft is confirmed as the Lion's Pride, a PBN-2B Islander aircraft built in 1982./p#13; pMr Gripton said the crash-landing happened during gale-force winds and torrential rain in a very rural part of the island, and as such it was pitch black. He said emergency services were continuing to search the surrounding woodland. /p#13; span class=cross-head'Shaken up'/span#13; pJohn Dowling, manager of the Priory Inn, said the five people onboard had gone into his pub with police after the incident./p#13; pNo-one was injured, everyone was all right and that is the main thing, isn't it? he said./p#13; pOf course they were shaken up./p#13; pYou would be too if you'd just crash landed a plane, wouldn't you?/p#13; #13; pA number of vessels had spent more than five hours searching for the two missing men, along with the crashed CIAS aircraft, a volunteer-run rapid response service./p#13; pThe search had centred around the Ecrehous, a group of islands and rocks six miles north-east of Jersey. /p#13; pThe French and Jersey coastguards, along with lifeboats from Jersey and Alderney, and the Solent Coastguard, were also involved./p#13; pA statement from Jersey Coastguard said: The two missing men involved in this evening's incident at Les Ecrehous have been found./p#13; pA rescue operation is currently under way and we will update as and when we have further information./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center