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15th February 2006 | 15:20

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G-CPTN

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R44 crashes and burns

An inexperienced pilot used the wrong technique to land a helicopter, which crashed and burst into flames with two passengers on board, investigators say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4715528.stm

15th February 2006 | 15:54

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An inexperienced pilot used the wrong technique to land a helicopter, which crashed and burst into flames with two passengers on board, investigators say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4715528.stm

and they all survived unhurt... damned lucky...

15th February 2006 | 17:46

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The trouble is, a hotel can have a landing site, but that doesn't mean that landing there is easy, or even possible. I know of at least a couple of hotels that I wouldn't consider landing at.

Anyway, at least they were all OK.

Last edited by Whirlybird; 15th February 2006 at 21:26.