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US helicopter crashes on English coast:US helicopter crashes on English coast
All four crew members die in accident during US Air Force training mission in coastal area of Norfolk.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europ...er-crashes-english-coast-201417222734517.html
Four people were killed when a US Air Force helicopter crashed in a coastal area of eastern England during a training mission.
The helicopter, a Pave Hawk variant of the Black Hawk, crashed at about 6pm local time near Salthouse on the coast of the country of Norfolk, the USAF said. All those on board were killed.
The aircraft was based at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath, in neighbouring Suffolk, which hosts USAF units and personnel.
The helicopter, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, was flying low at the time of the crash, the USAF added.
Police in Norfolk cordoned off the area around the crash site, and several emergency vehicles were at the scene.
Pave Hawks are often used for combat search and rescue missions, mainly to recover downed air crew members or other personnel during war.
They typically practice flying low and fast, often at altitudes of hundreds, rather than thousands, of feet.
Pave Hawks have been deployed in numerous overseas missions, including to Japan in the wake of the tsunami in 2011 and to support operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.
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