Navy Helicopter Crash Kills Three in Britain
Emergency teams from the police and the ministry of defense rushed to the scene, the police said. The police also closed roads near the crash site.The staff members were not identified, but the navy said that families of the dead had been notified. The Royal Navy said an investigation into the crash was underway.The helicopter was a Merlin MK4 helicopter, said Gen.
- ▪Emergency teams from the police and the ministry of defense rushed to the scene, the police said.
- ▪The police also closed roads near the crash site.The staff members were not identified, but the navy said that families of the dead had been notified.
- ▪The Royal Navy said an investigation into the crash was underway.The helicopter was a Merlin MK4 helicopter, said Gen.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTNavy Helicopter Crash Kills Three in BritainThe helicopter was on a training exercise when it crashed in a field in southwestern England.Listen · 1:23 min Share full articleThe site of a Royal Navy helicopter crash in Sourton Down, near Okehampton, England, on Wednesday.Credit...Press Association, via Associated PressBy Lynsey ChutelReporting from LondonJune 3, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void 0!==s?s:"")}:function(){};if(o("version",16),(document.documentElement.lang||"").toLowerCase().startsWith("es")&&(document.body.classList.add("gps-lang-es"),o("language:…
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