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G-CPTN

15th Feb 2006 15:20

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

flash8

15th Feb 2006 15:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-CPTN

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...

Whirlybird

15th Feb 2006 17:46

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.

Hilico

15th Feb 2006 19:32

That would be this report from the AAIB, published February 2005:

http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/sites/aai...ii__g_cdey.cfm

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