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Bigt	16th Jul 2008 18:17

25 years ago today...........

G-BEON a BA helicopters S61 crashed into the sea whilst approaching St Marys, Isles of Scilly with the loss of 20 lives. 6 survived the accident. Just seen a piece on local news....must admit I cant even recall the event

The Nr Fairy

17th Jul 2008 00:25

Formal accident report on the UK AAIB web site.

Brian - I don't think this has been up there long.

MK10	17th Jul 2008 09:40

One of the pilots, DL died about 2 years back of meningitis.
I had a conversation with him about the accident, he was still having troubled sleep 20 years after the event
R.I.P DL

md 600 driver

17th Jul 2008 12:58

i can remember it well my father had to cancel for that days flight and went a couple of days earlier he was lucky

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