Three killed as helicopter crashes during flying lesson on Isle of Wight
Three people died and the fourth, during a flying lesson on Wight Island, a helicopter in a field fell in a serious condition after a helicopter fell.
Northumbria helicopters operator Northumbria helicopters said four people, including the pilot, fell near Ventnor. According to an ambulance spokesman of a Hampshire and Wight Air, a person was sent to a large trauma center at the University of Southampton at the University of Southampton.
“Our thoughts are with them and everyone in the present event,” he said.
“This morning we can verify that three people died after a helicopter accident on Wight Island this morning.
“A total of four people were on board, one person is currently serious in the hospital.
“Currently, as we continue to communicate and support with their families, we cannot provide more information about the people concerned.”
Air accident investigation branch said that he used a team and continued an investigation. The reason has not yet been approved.
Aircraft G-OCLV, Newcastle International Airport-based operator left the Sandown Airport at 9 o’clock and added that he gave the authorities ” full cooperation ”. The aircraft is listed as Robinson R44 II helicopter.
Northumbria helicopters said: “The flight from Sandown Airport at 9 am carried four passengers, including the pilot, and was taking a flying lesson.”
Emergency Services, 9.24 at the A3020 Shanklin road near a helicopter came to the scene after warning that a helicopter came.
Just four minutes after the warning, at 9.28, Hampshire and Wight Air Isle ambulance officials used an air ambulance for the incident.
The road was closed due to the flow of emergency vehicles at the scene and the public was asked to become clear.
Hampshire and Wight Air ambulance spokesman, “a doctor and a specialist medical staff, a critical care team, the emergency room is working with our colleagues,” he said.
A Hampshire and Wight Island Fire and Rescue Service Spokesman Newport, Ventnor and Firefighters from Shanklin were called shortly than 09.30, he said.
A major event was declared to coordinate a multi -agency response, but later he was settled.
Witness Leigh Goldsmith Wight County Press Isle When he saw that the helicopter was “spiral önce before he was overlooked, he driving towards Shanklin.
He saw that he was the first person on the stage and that he had four people on board, and believed that the airbags were activated.
According to the media reports, the police, the accident took place and the air flights at the scene was taken under the cord.
