PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Helicopter Down Near Blackpool 22nd Sept 09
Old 23rd Sep 2009, 13:29
  #29 (permalink)  
zorab64
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 291
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Crash Pair Identified

Another sad day - BBC have just released the following:
A pilot and his flying pupil who were killed when the helicopter they were in crashed into marshland in north Lancashire have been identified.

The aircraft sent a Mayday signal as it flew over Poulton-le-Fylde at about 1210 BST on Tuesday. It came down at Barnaby's Sands 40 minutes later.

Pilot Stephen Lewis, 38, from Rainhill, Merseyside, died along with Phillip Grey, 45, of Mawdesley, Lancashire.

Mr Lewis had been leading the training flight when the crash happened.

A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "We can confirm it was a training flight and the passenger was a learner."

The Mayday signal was received by Blackpool Airport's air traffic control, which alerted the emergency services.

Air accident investigators have been examining the scene of the crash, which left debris spread across the marshland.

The cause of the accident is not yet clear.
It would appear the earlier comment about 40 mins from Mayday to accident was a typo - given both comments above and the first report.

RIP, Gents.
zorab64 is offline