Meridian TV report this morning
Helicopter crashes in Dorset killing two
4 Mar, 2004, 6:29
Investigations will continue this morning into a helicopter crash which killed two people in Dorset. The aircraft plummeted to the ground, narrowly missing houses and the busy A338 dual carriageway as it came in to land at Bournemouth Airport yesterday evening. Eyewitnesses say it burst into flames on impact and left a ten foot crater in the ground.
It's thought the Augusta 109 helicopter may have struck a power line on the approach causing the pilot to lose control.
The report doesn't say who's meant by "It's thought" so no idea if there's an informed basis for that, or just journo speculation.
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For Rotorheads not familiar with UK geography, Bournemouth (Hurn) is on the South Coast of England, about 100 nm SSW of London
