Lakenheath-based Pave Hawk helicopter crashed during a night low-level training exercise due to a multiple bird strike, killing all four on board – named as Capt Christopher S. Stover, Capt Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.. The helicopter went down between a beach car park at Cley and Eastbank, near Salthouse. See official report here
- Date
- January 7, 2014
- Reg
- 88-26109
- Make
- Sikorsky
- Model
- UH-60
- MSN
- 701306
- Location
- Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
- Country
- UK
- CivilMilitary
- Military
- Fatal
- 4
- Operator
- US-Air-Force
- Link 1
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978
- Link 2
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/four-killed-as-us-air-force-helicopter-crashes-in-norfolk-9045188.html
- Link 3
- http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/britain-helicopter-idINL6N0KH35Z20140108
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