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News: Fatal Gazelle accident near Borrowdale, Cumbria...

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http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=121010
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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/man-k ... rPath=home
Date: 08-MAR-2011
Time: 19:05
Type: Aerospatiale SA.341G Gazelle

Operator: Honister Slate Mine
Registration: HA-LFB
C/n / msn: 1074

Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location: Borrowdale, Cumbria County, England - United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature: Private
Departure airport: Honister Slate Mine
Destination airport: Loweswater - private home
Narrative:

Helicopter failed to return from flight, searches found the wreckage 200m from Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria UK with the pilot fatal in the wreckage. Pilot was departing the mine to head to his private home. Crash details unknown - helicopter reported missing at 22:10 and located at 12:44 March 9.









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