What: Enstrom 280 helicopter flying from Plymouth to Bedford UK
Where: Haytor on Dartmoor
When: 1225 BST
Who: 78-year-old man, from Bedfordshire was not injured in the crash, but was injured on exiting to check damage.
Why: Weather conditions and low cloud were considered to contribute to the crash. Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be leading inquiries into the incident. Please note that if an aircraft ends up "ended up on its side, leaking fuel," it is most likely to be considered a crash, even if the descent was "forced."
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Don't you think you are being deliberately alarmist by using the word "kills" in the title when the pilot was not even injured. Perhaps you are a tabloid headline writer?
Not at all. The fact that this 78 year old man survived a helicopter incident when so many people do not survive deserves notice.
This was surely a forced landing (ie a controlled descent) not a crash and most people survive forced landings - if you bother to read the incident reports.
Please note that these items are written before the incident reports come out.
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