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flybeboy

3rd Oct 2013 16:48

sea king down at yeovilton

understand a sea king hc4 made a very very hard landing today at yl, crew ok, but major damaged to sea king poss cat 5.

54Phan

3rd Oct 2013 17:06

I'm glad the crew is safe.

Dancing Bear

3rd Oct 2013 17:12

Fix the airframe or bin it, at the end of the day the only important thing is that the crew are all ok.

flybeboy

3rd Oct 2013 20:15

update sea king crash yl

understand crashed up by histric flt end, slamed onto runway broke into two tail off, wheels etc, crew ok , coded H .ze428 cat4or5 prob wont be repaired.

jayteeto

3rd Oct 2013 21:07

Very hard landing!!! If it broke in two then that is management bulls@@t. It's a crash ffs. The crew are safe.... tick. Let's call it what it is.

gr4techie

4th Oct 2013 16:47

Glad the crew are safe.

The yellow Seaking at Lossiemouth had a very heavy landing and they literally stapled the tail boom back on again. Must be built like a tank and keeps on flying.

On_The_Top_Bunk

9th Oct 2013 21:56

Quote:

Images of the recovery effort have appeared on Facebook with one witness quoted as saying those involved are "lucky to be alive".
One Facebook user, Claire Worth, said: "My husband witnessed it as it was his squadron. It was a Sea King and those lads are lucky to be alive."

Helicopter crew 'lucky to be alive' after training crash at RNAS Yeovilton splits it in two | Western Gazette

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