Chief Inspector Simon Barrasford at North Wales Police, who is leading the initial response, said: ‘The aircraft involved, a Red Arrows Hawk crewed by two RAF personnel, was reported to have crashed. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “We are aware of an incident today at RAF Valley involving a Hawk aircraft..

“We are investigating the incident and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”

READ MORE: Climber lost footing before plunging to his death from Fife cliff, inquest hears Prior to the crash, the team had completed routine training at RAF Valley and was headed back to the Red Arrows base at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
A Red Arrows jet crashes in North Wales, killing an engineer.