Emmerdale star Anthony Quinlan’s trousers split amid helicopter crash scene

It crashes through the roof of the village hall where Debbie and Pete are holding their wedding reception, killing some of the wedding party instantly.

With the upcoming events being kept under wraps and very few details being revealed, Michael, who plays bad boy Ross Barton, was grilled by This Morning on what is to come. Rescuing Debbie (Charley Webb) from the rubble, I bent down and my fat arse split my trousers, it was quite revealing!

After discovering his affair with Aaron Livesy the scorned wife sets fire to her husband’s beloved auto.

But the plotline has been compared to the real-life disaster in Glasgow, when a police helicopter crashed into the Clutha Vaults pub, killing 10 people.

In reaction, Oates said at a press day ahead of the episodes: “I think editorially, whenever you’re looking at any potential disaster scenario you have to consider it very carefully”.

She said: ‘It was something that we considered because obviously our intention is always to entertain people, to give them a good story, to thrill them, to upset them in certain kinds of ways sometimes, but it would never be our intention to mimic something like that.

She added: “It’s not a decision we ever make lightly…but drama has to have consequences”.

As he frantically tries to free himself, the fire spreads further, engulfing gas canisters that are stored nearby, one of which explodes and is jettisoned into the sky at the very moment that a helicopter that Pete has hired to whisk his new bride away on honeymoon flies overhead.

She wrote: ‘I’m signing because my father was killed in this accident and I find it disgusting that people want to use it as a storyline.’.

The crash is expected to kill off at least one major cast member and leave many injured.

Others tweeted: “No way, don’t be killing off Ross”, and: “Ross had better not die this week, best character in the show and lovely on the eye”.

The dramatic scenes will play out every night from Monday August 3 at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode on Thursday at 8pm.