Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives in the Royal Hearse at Buckingham Palace in London on September 13, 2022, where it will lie in state in the Palace’s Bow Room overnight.  JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

A military C-17 Globemaster carrying the queen’s remains crashed Tuesday night at RAF Northolt, an air base in west London, about an hour after taking off from Edinburgh, Scotland, the Associated Press reported. The state hearse carrying the coffin made its way through the rainy streets of London, where crowds of mourners lined up to pay their respects. Earlier in the day, crowds packed the Scottish capital to pay their respects to the Queen in person. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is airlifted by the Queen’s Color Squadron at RAF Northolt in London, to be taken to Buckingham Palace, Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Hundreds of thousands are expected to wait hours for a chance to see the Queen’s coffin later this week as it lies in state at Westminster Hall. The coffin was earlier taken from St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh after being carried in a solemn procession through the Scottish capital to gathered crowds.
At the airport, as the Royal Regiment of Scotland, in ceremonial kit, looked on, a Royal Air Force bearer party slowly carried the coffin aboard. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is carried onto RAF aircraft at Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, Tuesday, September 13, 2022, for the final journey from Scotland on a Royal Air Force plane to London. Andrew Milligan / AP The revamped national anthem was played as the plane touched down on the runway and the Queen, who died at her beloved Balmoral home in the Highlands last week aged 96, left Scotland for the last time. The late monarch will first be taken to Buckingham Palace for the night before being moved to Westminster Hall on Wednesday, where some well-wishers have been queuing for 24 hours already to bid farewell to Britain’s longest-serving ruler.
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin is carried into St. Giles’ Cathedral after making its way along the Royal Mile, September 12, 2022, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pool/Samir Hussain Two women, Grace and Vanessa, said they had already taken their place in the queue, waiting overnight to pay their respects a full day before the Queen’s coffin even arrived at Westminster. “This morning, we went to the actual rehearsal of Her Majesty’s coffin going into Westminster Hall. It was heartbreaking, the solemnity of the occasion,” Grace told the BBC. “I think the whole nation will be heartbroken and in floods of tears. We were.” “This is how we want to pay respect to the Queen, who has given great service to the country and the commonwealth and the world,” Vanessa said. How will the British monarchy change under King Charles III? 04:17 The coffin will be taken by hearse to Buckingham Palace in the heart of the capital. On Wednesday, the Queen’s coffin will be carried in a procession a short distance from the palace to Westminster Hall, where the late monarch will lie in state until her funeral on Monday. King Charles III, along with his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, visited Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday. They will meet political and religious leaders and attend a service at St Anne’s Cathedral before returning to London later in the day. AFP contributed to this report. More Haley Ott Haley Ott is a digital reporter/producer for CBS News based in London.