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Helicopter Crashes Off the Yorkshire Coast

A helicopter crashed off the coast of Flamborough in East Yorkshire on September 16, leaving two people dead. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteer crews from Flamborough and Bridlington were deployed to the scene but were unable to reach the helicopter’s two passengers.

RNLI crew member Cole Ibbotson said, “We could see the wreckage of the helicopter at the bottom of the cliff and could see where it had hit. The swell was too big for the lifeboat to get in close so we were tasked to undertake a search pattern for wreckage with Bridlington all-weather lifeboat. We recovered a number of items which we have passed on to the police.” Credit: RNLI