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Royal Navy pilot killed in helicopter crash after commander accidentally switched off engines
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Royal Navy pilot killed in helicopter crash after commander accidentally switched off engines
'He had so much more life to live.'
20 Sept, 09:57
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Navy pilot killed in helicopter crash death after ‘commander mistakenly switched off engines’, inquiry finds
A Royal Navy pilot’s death was caused by a number of “compounded errors,” an inquiry into his death has found.
Lieutenant Rhodri Leyshon, 31, died after his helicopter, the Merlin Mk4, plunged into the English Channel during a training exercise with the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth on the night of September 4, 2024.
Issues began to occur at 8:46pm when a rubber part inside one of the Merlin's three engines split, c…
20 Sept, 13:27