Allouette helicopter crashed at Breighton- 5 injured

[tonyot]

Hiya Folks,

Bad news,......an Allouette wearing AAC markings has crashed at Breighton in Yorkshire, seriously injuring 5 people (serial`s-HC-PPC and G-CICS/XR379 have both been mentioned, although an eye witness reports seeing the serial XR379 on the wreckage and it is wearing AAC colours and markings) , here is the latest on Twitter;

https://twitter.com/search?q=breighton+crash&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

I hope that everybody is OK and that there are no life changing injuries,

Cheers

Tony

Edited July 18, 2016 by tonyot

[stevehnz]

Serious but not life threatening injuries seems to be the gist of the posts, good on the Mirror for showing a Robbie 44 as a generic Helicopter. The cabin area didn't seem to be too badly knocked around so heres hoping for an OK outcome. This article seems to indicate it is a private machine restored in AAC colours.

Steve.

Edited July 18, 2016 by stevehnz

[Jonners]

Indeed it is (...was). HA-PPC, formerly white with stripes and now repainted in its original AAC identity. I was chatting to its owner/pilot at Breighton in the afternoon prior to the accident and admiring his machine's new look; shame about the end result but at least its occupants are still around. I await the AAIB report with interest.