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A team from the Air Accident Investigation Unit has arrived in Sligo to investigate an incident in which a small helicopter he two-bladed, single-engine helicopter came down in a field approximately a mile outside Sligo town yesterday evening.
The Robinson R22, a two-seater black light utility helicopter, got into difficulties and landed in a field in the Calry area near Hazelwood. Eye-witnesses said the small helicopter — which was carrying a 31-year-old pilot and a 19-year-old girl — appeared to get into difficulty for reasons which are now being investigated.
The two people walked away from the accident uninjured. Both were treated for shock at the scene. The helicopter was on hire from a company at Knock airport and the pilot is understood to have grappled to bring it under control before crash-landing into the field.
Gardaí and the Sligo Fire Service were called to the scene around 5.20pm.
The air accident investigation team is now at the scene and it is expected that the helicopter will remain in the field overnight.