Helicopter down in west of Ireland
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Helicopter down in west of Ireland
Helicopter down in west of Ireland this afternoon ( Outside Westport city) Robinson R44. Anyone have any more details?
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Just heard all 4 POB are ok, 44 has collapsed skids and boom/ tail rotar damage though 
Departed from the Westport city keys area and suffered engine failure between the city and clare island, forced landing onto rocky uneven coastline surface.
Blue G-reg machine! Perhaps from the north of Ireland? Anybody know who it was or have a pic?
Departed from the Westport city keys area and suffered engine failure between the city and clare island, forced landing onto rocky uneven coastline surface.
Blue G-reg machine! Perhaps from the north of Ireland? Anybody know who it was or have a pic?
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Not that it matters much, but Westport would be considered more of a small town than a city, we have only Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford, while Kilkenny is debated year in year out whether it should be granted city status 
Just for the record.
All that aside, where can we see this report of the downed aircraft?
Just for the record.All that aside, where can we see this report of the downed aircraft?
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I live in the above mentioned city, there is no mention of any such incident on the grapevine here. The quay area gets plenty of r44's so it may have happened. I passed the area and had a look out, high tide, saw nothing. Nothing on the local or national media and in the silly news season a heli incident makes headlines.
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Word that I received from a friend in Galway:
"heard something on mid-west radio this morning about a private helicopter that had a hard landing in clare island", "no one killed though or anything"
As far as I know everyone walked away and was an incident rather than an accident.. (would I be right in saying that? Student PPL)
"heard something on mid-west radio this morning about a private helicopter that had a hard landing in clare island", "no one killed though or anything"
As far as I know everyone walked away and was an incident rather than an accident.. (would I be right in saying that? Student PPL)
