Episode 1831 (5th January 1994)

Plot
Lynn Whiteley's house is still on fire. Zoe and Kathy try and encourage her to go and see a doctor. Luke rides up to the stables to tell the Windsors that they need to open the shop for supplies and he tells them that it looks like a plane has come down on the village. The Windsor children have to leave Samson behind. Alan is still writing his missing persons list. Dr McAllister does not think that anyone will have survived the plane crash as it looks like it was a big jet which crashed from 30'000 feet. Shirley offers to find the school caretaker (Mr Derry) to open up and use as a base and she is also going to open up the village hall as a point for the emergency services to work from. Kim arrives at the Woolpack, she cries on Frank's shoulder. Zoe is worried about Chris. Jack is still filling in the hole to rebuild the bridge. Sarah turns up, she is wondering what has happened to Joe and Annie. Joe is pleased when he realises that Annie is alive and he talks to her and then begins to ramble. The bridge is ready. Kim and Lynn mourn the loss of their properties. Seth's house has also been completely demolished. Alan gets upset remembering how they parted on bad terms and he presumes that Seth is dead and starts to cry. Bernard is tending to people in the school hall. Eric is wandering round looking for Elizabeth. He says to Viv "I shouldn't have done it". Vic thinks that he is in shock. The emergency services manage to get over the bridge and the missing list - Seth, Elizabeth Pollard, Jess and Margaret Hutchinson, Nick, Archie, Mark and Alice. Joe wakes up again, he hears the sound of traffic passing and decides to drag himself up to the road, but his legs give way. Josh sees Samson who leads him to the wine bar wreckage. He hears Chris call for help. Everyone comes out of the Woolpack to help. Chris wants Kathy with him. Luke finds Zoe and tells her that she is wanted at a nearby farm. Chris's legs are trapped under heavy rubble. Joe manages to flag down a police car. Kim and Shirley help out with the injured. Eric asks a policeman if he is looking for him and the fire crew cannot send anyone to help Chris yet. Frank notices Samson and gets an idea. the army have arrived ; some of the plane wreckage is still on fire. Eric wanders around. Samson is used to help pull wreckage off Chris; Josh watches as Kathy comforts Chris.

Regular cast

 * Lynn Whiteley - Fionnuala Ellwood
 * Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
 * Kathy Tate - Malandra Burrows
 * Luke McAllister - Noah Huntley
 * Vic Windsor - Alun Lewis
 * Viv Windsor - Deena Payne
 * Kim Tate - Claire King
 * Donna Windsor - Sophie Jeffrey
 * Kelly Windsor - Adele Silva
 * Scott Windsor - Toby Cockerell
 * Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
 * Shirley Foster - Rachel Davies
 * Jessica McAllister - Camilla Power
 * Frank Tate - Norman Bowler
 * Bernard McAllister - Brendan Price
 * Angharad McAllister - Amanda Wenban
 * Eric Pollard - Chris Chittell
 * Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
 * Sarah Sugden - Madeline Howard
 * Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
 * Annie Kempinski - Sheila Mercier
 * Leonard Kempinski - Bernard Archard
 * Chris Tate - Peter Amory

Guest cast

 * Josh Lewis - Peter Warnock
 * Cyril King - Tim Wylton
 * PC Cooper - Ronnie Leek