Fat Magpie
9th May 2014, 13:52
Keep reading it beggers belief
Sgt Tom Horkan told the sentence hearing that numerous calls were made to gardaí and other emergency services that evening between 7.30pm and 8pm by people to complain about the low-flying helicopter.
Mannion, the court was told, had consumed a beer shandy with a meal in Athlone earlier that evening before flying home.
He then decided to fly to Ballinasloe and landed in a car park 30m from the Moycairn Lodge and Hotel near the town where he consumed almost two pints of lager.
He got back into the helicopter at 7.20pm, and took off in the direction of Ballinasloe.
The helicopter crashed in a field at 7.36pm, 10km from the town and 2km from Mannion’s home. He was found by neighbours in a shaken and disorientated state not far from the crash site, and chose to be taken home rather than seek medical advice.
Helicopter pilot who flew over Ballinasloe fair fined ?20,000 - Courts | The Irish Times - Thu, May 08, 2014 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/helicopter-pilot-who-flew-over-ballinasloe-fair-fined-20-000-1.1788986)
Sgt Tom Horkan told the sentence hearing that numerous calls were made to gardaí and other emergency services that evening between 7.30pm and 8pm by people to complain about the low-flying helicopter.
Mannion, the court was told, had consumed a beer shandy with a meal in Athlone earlier that evening before flying home.
He then decided to fly to Ballinasloe and landed in a car park 30m from the Moycairn Lodge and Hotel near the town where he consumed almost two pints of lager.
He got back into the helicopter at 7.20pm, and took off in the direction of Ballinasloe.
The helicopter crashed in a field at 7.36pm, 10km from the town and 2km from Mannion’s home. He was found by neighbours in a shaken and disorientated state not far from the crash site, and chose to be taken home rather than seek medical advice.
Helicopter pilot who flew over Ballinasloe fair fined ?20,000 - Courts | The Irish Times - Thu, May 08, 2014 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/helicopter-pilot-who-flew-over-ballinasloe-fair-fined-20-000-1.1788986)