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Helicopter plunge kills four on flight over the Border
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FOUR people died when the helicopter in which they were flying en
route to Scotland crashed minutes after take-off.
The Robinson R44 aircraft was on its way from Lancashire to
Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire on Friday night when it plunged from the
skies over the Lake District.
Two of the victims were discovered in the wreckage while the two
remaining bodies had been flung from the helicopter by the force of
the impact.
It is understood the helicopter, the make and model of which has
not been disclosed, had been hired from a firm in Lancashire for a
private trip.
None of the victims has so far ...
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