Emergency services at Bacchus Marsh plane crash

Emergency services are at the scene of a plane crash at an airfield west of Melbourne.

A crashed plane at the in airfield in Parwan, near Bacchus Marsh. Picture: 7News

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash at an airfield west of Melbourne.

The crash occurred at 11.20am at the Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome in Parwan.

The exact circumstances surrounding the crash are yet to be determined.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said more information would be provided when it was “appropriate to do so”.

The aerodrome is operated by the Moorabool Shire Council.

Council chief executive Derek Madden said the council was “aware of the awful situation at the aerodrome”.

“While investigations are continuing we can’t make any further comment, but our thoughts are with all involved,” he said.

Police have closed off any access to the aerodrome via Aerodrome Rd while Skylark Way is also closed.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau have also been contacted for comment.

On August 25, about 80 emergency service personnel took part in a multiagency training exercise, preparing for any potential plane crashes.

The crash is the second in just six weeks in Victoria, after a man died in a crash near Castlemaine.

In that crash, a neighbour rushed to the Redesdale scene after he heard a large bang.

There he found a mangled wreck in a “massive ball of flames”.

In April, a glider crashed at Mount Beauty.

Pilot Greig Wanless and passenger Kate Callingham had been flying to scatter the ashes of his best mate Max Callingham, who was also Ms Callingham’s father.

More to come.