Authorities were alerted after the non-arrival of  a helicopter due from a short flight in Cumbria.  Local press reports give the owner/pilot’s name as Mark Weir.

Date:

8 March, 2011

Reg:

HA-LFB

Make:

Eurocopter

Model:

SA341

MSN:

1074

Location:

200m from Honister Slate Mine, Cumbria

Country:

UK

Civil / Military:

Civil

Fatalities:

1

Link:

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/man-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-cumbria-1.815873?referrerPath=home

Link:

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8897703.Man_dies_in_Lake_District_helicopter_crash/