Norfolk helicopter crash: Four people believed to be dead

[xxMATTGxx]

Norfolk helicopter crash: Four people believed to be dead

Four people are believed to have been killed in a helicopter crash on the north Norfolk coast, police have said.

The helicopter is an HH-60G Pave Hawk, based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, a spokesman for the USAF confirmed.

Emergency services are at the scene in the Cley area with a 1,200ft (400m) area cordoned off.

Six appliances from Norfolk Fire Service are currently in attendance, including four pumps, a water carrier and an environmental protection unit.

A spokesman said the first unit arrived at the scene at 19:53 GMT.

It was initially thought the aircraft had ditched in the North Sea.

A spokesman for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said: "We were asked for three lifeboats to respond.

"Crews from Wells, Sheringham and Cromer were launched at the request of the coastguard but were stood down when it was confirmed that the aircraft had come down over land."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25646978#TWEET1006230

May they RIP.

[myles]

shame that

[GommeInc]

If it's from Lakenheath does that mean there's a possibility that some of the victims are American? We're not doing well with helicopters in this country.

[xxMATTGxx]

If it's from Lakenheath does that mean there's a possibility that some of the victims are American? We're not doing well with helicopters in this country.

It's a US military helicopter so it's possible.