We remain on the scene of a serious incident at Hanningfield Reservoir, Chelmsford.

We were alerted shortly after 2pm on Sunday 28 December to reports involving a small aircraft entering the water.

We are working with several organisations at the scene now and that work will be ongoing.  

We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues.

An investigation has been launched.

Chief Superintendent Waheed Khan said: “We are still in the early stages of our investigation and are working closely with the Air Accident Investigation Branch to establish what has happened.”

We would ask anyone who has any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. 

It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk. 

Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services.

Alternatively, you can call us on 101.

In an emergency always call 999.

If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity on Twitter at @CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.

Please quote incident 552 of 28 December when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible. 

Information from https://essexpolicemedia.co.uk/