24 June - Helicopter down Warwickshire, UK
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24 June - Helicopter down Warwickshire, UK
Seeing reports of a helicopter down. Emergency landing close to the Masons Arms (closed during lock-down) in Long Marston, Warwickshire, UK. 2POB are reported as uninjured, machine destroyed by fire. Poor resolution photo on Twitter (no idea how to link that), not sure of make though the tail boom looks distinctive to anyone familiar with the make.
Better picture here.
Better picture here.
Last edited by John R81; 24th June 2020 at 14:09. Reason: adding additional pic link
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Looks very like the Bell 407 - N120HH from the front of it.
Of which also appeared to be in that exact same area only a couple of hours ago... with a steep descent at the end of it's track.
More importantly glad all are OK!
Of which also appeared to be in that exact same area only a couple of hours ago... with a steep descent at the end of it's track.
More importantly glad all are OK!
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Not much left of that! here is how it looked before.
https://www.airteamimages.com/bell-4...ate_57060.html
And here is a local news report
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...field-18481154
A helicopter pilot had a lucky escape after an aircraft crashed in Warwickshire.
Emergency services were alerted to an incident near to the Masons Arms pub in Long Marston earlier today (Wednesday, June 24) at around 12.20pm.
It had been reported the helicopter made an emergency landing and was well ablaze in a field.
Fortunately for the pilot and their sole passenger, both were able to exit the helicopter safely and walked away uninjured.
Both were checked over at the scene by paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Along with Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Alcester, Stratford and Pebworth.
Breathing apparatus, hose reels, and foam was used by firefighters to tackle to blaze.
CoventryLive has contacted the Air Accidents Investigation Branch for comment.
Warwickshire Police said in a tweet: "Officers responded to a report of a helicopter making an emergency landing before bursting into flames in a field in Long Marston this afternoon. Fortunately the 2 people on board got out safely & were uninjured. They were checked at the scene by paramedics from
https://www.airteamimages.com/bell-4...ate_57060.html
And here is a local news report
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/ne...field-18481154
A helicopter pilot had a lucky escape after an aircraft crashed in Warwickshire.
Emergency services were alerted to an incident near to the Masons Arms pub in Long Marston earlier today (Wednesday, June 24) at around 12.20pm.
It had been reported the helicopter made an emergency landing and was well ablaze in a field.
Fortunately for the pilot and their sole passenger, both were able to exit the helicopter safely and walked away uninjured.
Both were checked over at the scene by paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Along with Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service sent crews from Alcester, Stratford and Pebworth.
Breathing apparatus, hose reels, and foam was used by firefighters to tackle to blaze.
CoventryLive has contacted the Air Accidents Investigation Branch for comment.
Warwickshire Police said in a tweet: "Officers responded to a report of a helicopter making an emergency landing before bursting into flames in a field in Long Marston this afternoon. Fortunately the 2 people on board got out safely & were uninjured. They were checked at the scene by paramedics from
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From the droop it looks like it smacked the ground quite hard, understandable if you’re on fire.
curious if they were power on at landing or pulled the plug when the lights came on.
curious if they were power on at landing or pulled the plug when the lights came on.
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Seriously, glad both OK. I started off life as a heli engineer. That experience alone put me off flying in the blooming RW things! Too many whirly bits to go T. U. FW all the way for me - unless I had to fly RW as pax. Even then, I was highly selective as to where I sat - particularity post doing the "dunker" for the first time. H 'n' H has this curious "self-preservation" instinct!!!!
Have played "flying" some RW and even had a lesson in an R22 - but more out of idle curiosity to find out why the heli instructor at the place I worked at was so strange. One lesson = I realised why he was so odd!!!! Poor bloke!!!!!!
Still, apart from the craft written off, glad a safe outcome. Cheers, H 'n H
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Literally hundreds of N register aircraft permanently based in the UK, gets around rules that owners find odious, and costs of ownership involved.
http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/faa-nreg/index.html
http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/faa-nreg/index.html
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Now reported on aviation-safety.net site; no additional information to that above but useful collection of links to the various news reports and the N-Register