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03/08/2007
Investigation Begins Into Wicklow Helicopter Crash
A helicopter carrying two people had to make a crash-landing yesterday evening in County Wicklow.
An investigation has now been launched into the crash-landing outside Newtownmountkennedy and the helicopter is understood to have been a British-registered helicopter.
Both the pilot and a passenger escaped injury but the helicopter was completely destroyed by the fire.
Gardai have sealed off the area to allow the Department of Transport’s Air Accident Investiagation Unit to begin their investigation.
(SB/SP)
An investigation has now been launched into the crash-landing outside Newtownmountkennedy and the helicopter is understood to have been a British-registered helicopter.
Both the pilot and a passenger escaped injury but the helicopter was completely destroyed by the fire.
Gardai have sealed off the area to allow the Department of Transport’s Air Accident Investiagation Unit to begin their investigation.
(SB/SP)
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