A large-scale search has located debris from a plane crash in Victoria’s Port Phillip Bay on Sunday afternoon.
Numerous water and air craft were seen scouring an area off the Mornington Peninsula after a light aircraft plunged into the bay about 1.45pm.
It’s understood two light aircraft collided mid-air, with one managing to land safely at Essendon airport.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said the organisation was currently involved in a search after receiving “reports of an aircraft into the water off Mount Martha”.
Flight tracker FlightAware shows three helicopters and an aircraft circling an area of water about 15km northwest of Mount Martha airport as of 3.50pm.
A number of water vessels soon joined the search.
According to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), wreckage of the aircraft has been located.
“At 1:42pm, Air Traffic Services advised the Australian Maritime Safety Authority of a mid-air collision involving two light aircraft, approximately 12 km west of Mornington, Victoria,” a AMSA spokeswoman said.
“AMSA is coordinating the response to this incident and has tasked three rescue helicopters to the scene.
“The Victorian Water Police and volunteer marine rescue units are providing a surface response.”
More to come.