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Old 26th Jul 2022, 10:16
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22 year old killed by tail rotor

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...de-Greece.html

As usual much speculation by the Daily Mail.

A wealthy young Briton horrifically killed in a helicopter accident in Athens may have been trying to take a selfie when he was struck by the aircraft's tail rotor, Greek media have reported.

Former public schoolboy Jack Fenton, 22, was said to have been using his mobile phone at the time of the accident last night on a private helipad near the Greek capital.

The Oxford Brookes university student, who went to the £36,000-a-year Sutton Valence boarding school in Maidstone, Kent, reportedly walked behind the Bell 407 helicopter while its engines were still engaged at 6.20pm yesterday.

Emergency services were called to the private heliport on the outskirts of Athens but the victim is thought to have been killed almost instantly by the high-speed rotor.

Investigators are probing the circumstances of the accident but the pilot could face manslaughter charges if he told the passengers to exit the helicopter before the engine and propellers had stopped.
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