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U.S Military Helicopter Crash - UK


MichaelBuckle

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Reported by UK news media...

ITV News understands the military helicopter involved in a crash in Cley, in Norfolk is not British.

The RAF is assisting with the search operation.

The US Air Force does have a base in RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.

The helicopter could be a Blackhawk, which could have had as many as four people onboard.

The US Air Force base at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk has told ITV News they will release a press statement within the hour.

Four people are believed to have died following a single helicopter crash in Cley, north Norfolk, police said tonight.

https://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-01-07/helicopter-air-crash-cley-north-norfolk/

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ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Capt. Christopher S. Stover, Capt. Sean M. Ruane, Tech. Sgt. Dale E. Mathews, and SSgt Afton M. Ponce were the HH-60G aircrew members killed in a crash on the Norfolk coast Tuesday evening.

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter carries a four-person aircrew - a pilot, co-pilot, and two special mission aviators who are qualified as both gunners and flight engineers. On this particular mission, Stover and Ruane were the pilots, and Mathews and Ponce were the special mission aviators."We continue to think of the loved ones who are experiencing such a tragic, sudden loss," said Col. Kyle Robinson, 48th Fighter Wing commander. "The Liberty Wing feels as though it has lost members of its family, and we stand by to support one another and these Airmen's families during this difficult time."

The accident is currently under investigation, and more details will be released as they become available.

Godspeed. :beer:

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