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A Royal Navy EH-101 Merlin fell headlong

London, UK - It had started its normal trainig procedure

A Royal Navy's EH-101 Merlin helicopter fell headlong immediately after starting its training stage on March 30. This chopper was simply in hovering over its ground base, when it did not take a lot to its pilot to realize such aircraft was experiencing stability problems. So it has been impossible to control it and the helicopter immediately lost height and crashed on the ground. Its five crew members...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 61210
Rome, Italy, 04/02/2004 13:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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