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one royal navy sailor killed in helicopter crash

2024-09-06

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china news service, september 6th. according to a report by the british broadcasting corporation (bbc) on the 5th, a british royal navy helicopter crashed in the english channel on the evening of the 4th local time, killing one naval personnel.

image source: screenshot of bbc report

the helicopter that crashed was reportedly a merlin mk4, which was conducting a night training exercise with the aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth.

the plane crash killed one navy personnel, and the other two people on board were rescued with minor injuries.

after the accident, british prime minister starmer and royal navy fleet commander ben key both expressed "deep sorrow".