Helicopter crash in Yorkshire
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Helicopter crash in North Yorkshire
Does anyone know anything about this? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...orth-yorkshire
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The AAIB are attending which almost certainly means fatalities.
Mention of a 'burnt out wreck' in this York Press report ; Helicopter crashes in North Yorkshire | York Press .
Story with photo of YAA on scene in the Yorkshire Post but I use an ad-block so cannot read the article which reports 'enormous explosion' .
Story with photo of YAA on scene in the Yorkshire Post but I use an ad-block so cannot read the article which reports 'enormous explosion' .
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Further update,
Emergency services have now sadly confirmed pilot is dead, the were no further passengers onboard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-en..._linkname=5b0e
Emergency services have now sadly confirmed pilot is dead, the were no further passengers onboard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-en..._linkname=5b0e
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Latest reports say one POB sadly didn’t make it
I have had lots of friends call me checking on me as it’s very local to me Thanks to everyone, unfortunately one of them maybe ringing another of our friends and being told a sad story. My thoughts are with the family of whoever
another sad sad day for aviation
STEVE
I have had lots of friends call me checking on me as it’s very local to me Thanks to everyone, unfortunately one of them maybe ringing another of our friends and being told a sad story. My thoughts are with the family of whoever
another sad sad day for aviation
STEVE
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Hi All
Very sad news.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that it may have been a Jet Ranger inbound for scheduled maintenance in Pontefract.
Weather in and around the Leeds area at the time was LIFR with vis circa 3k in mist and cloud at 100ft.
This may (or may not) have been a factor. Either way its extremeley sad.
Condolonces to all family, friemds and colleages of the Pilot.
Joel
Very sad news.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that it may have been a Jet Ranger inbound for scheduled maintenance in Pontefract.
Weather in and around the Leeds area at the time was LIFR with vis circa 3k in mist and cloud at 100ft.
This may (or may not) have been a factor. Either way its extremeley sad.
Condolonces to all family, friemds and colleages of the Pilot.
Joel
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The pilot who sadly passed away in the helicopter crash near Boroughbridge yesterday has now been named as Barry Dodd CBE, the Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire.
Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire named as man killed in yesterday's helicopter crash TheBusinessDesk.com
Condolonces to all his family, friends and colleages.
Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire named as man killed in yesterday's helicopter crash TheBusinessDesk.com
Condolonces to all his family, friends and colleages.
He said it had climbed up into the cloud like it was trying to recover itself, and then dropped like a stone."
RiP
According to the News, the accident investigation could take up to a year to complete. What a waste of resources when we have our own ‘investigators’ who can come up with a cause within a couple of days. Why are people so quick to give an opinion an the cause of accidents with no real information available?
Historically helicopter pilots are not very inventive as they seem to use tried and true methods to do themselves in with great frequency.
True, pruners could save the AAIB a lot of time and money were they contracted as Third Parties to the Investigation but the AAIB is a government organization and thus delights in details rather than conjecture.
After a several decades in this business my experience is the pruners as a whole do seem pretty accurate in their quick draw determination of cause....given a modicum of factual evidence to work with.
After all, poor vis, low ceilings, and a machine scattered over the countryside is not a new situation to many of us.
If one were to add in some wires or darkness or both....then it gets a lot easier for the Arm Chair Experts.
This is yet another tragedy and condolences to those who suffered the loss they did.
This is just another reminder to the rest of us....it can happen to any of us.
True, pruners could save the AAIB a lot of time and money were they contracted as Third Parties to the Investigation but the AAIB is a government organization and thus delights in details rather than conjecture.
After a several decades in this business my experience is the pruners as a whole do seem pretty accurate in their quick draw determination of cause....given a modicum of factual evidence to work with.
After all, poor vis, low ceilings, and a machine scattered over the countryside is not a new situation to many of us.
If one were to add in some wires or darkness or both....then it gets a lot easier for the Arm Chair Experts.
This is yet another tragedy and condolences to those who suffered the loss they did.
This is just another reminder to the rest of us....it can happen to any of us.
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