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Mourne helicopter crash
« on: October 23, 2010 »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11613622

Very sad seems all lives where lost on helicopter .
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Re: Mourne helicopter crash
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2010 »
Around Leitrim Lodge. Wonder where the chaps are camping tonight?
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Re: Mourne helicopter crash
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2010 »
Quote from: RedLeader on October 23, 2010
Around Leitrim Lodge. Wonder where the chaps are camping tonight?
They are camping up near rocky river .
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Re: Mourne helicopter crash
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2010 »
My mate and I were just finishing a walk around 4.  We didn't hear anything, although were well round at Carricklittle.
That's awful news.  Cloud was drifting between 4-500m all day, but from the report it sounds like trouble on board rather than any nav mistakes.

Scary.  Thoughts with the families involved and the MRTs.   :(
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Re: Mourne helicopter crash
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2010 »
sad news indeed, not so long since i did my helicopter trip round the mournes, makes it all the more poignant  :'(
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Re: Mourne helicopter crash
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010 »
Quote from: andy on October 23, 2010
Quote from: RedLeader on October 23, 2010
Around Leitrim Lodge. Wonder where the chaps are camping tonight?
They are camping up near rocky river .

I didn't know about the crash until the following morning when I picked up a text from RedLeader.  We were at our camp spot just after 6pm, and Leitrim Lodge was pretty much just over the hill.  Coming down from Spelga direction on Saturday we heard sirens and saw a Police Land Rover (could have been MR).  On Sunday we saw two MR Land Rovers going up a track, working in conjunction with two Police helicopters.  I believe they recovered the bodies on Sunday.

Sad news.
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