last updated: Wednesday 10 January 2007, 18:00pm
RAF helicopters collide over Shropshire
One man was killed and three more injured when two RAF training helicopters collided in mid-air above Shropshire.
The helicopters, both carrying two people, were single-engine trainers called Squirrels, used to instruct pilots in the RAF, army and navy.
The crash happened over the Royal Air Force's Ternhill airbase near Market Drayton, Shropshire.
An MoD spokesman said: 'We can confirm that two Squirrel aircraft from RAF Shawbury collided at the relief landing ground at Ternhill, Shropshire. Rescue services are on site.'
One of the helicopters was based at the RAF's Central Flying School and the other at No 660 Squadron, located at the Defence Helicopter Flying school at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
The wreckage of the helicopters was visible lying in a field less than half a mile off the main A41 between Market Drayton and Newport.
Last edited by Plodin Along; 11th Jan 2007 at 11:31.