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| RAF helicopter fire on Snowdonia peak after technical issue | RAF helicopter fire on Snowdonia peak after technical issue |
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| An RAF helicopter has burst into flames on a Snowdonia peak after being forced to land due to a technical problem. | An RAF helicopter has burst into flames on a Snowdonia peak after being forced to land due to a technical problem. |
| All five people who were on board the training aircraft from RAF Valley on Anglesey have been reported safe and did not need hospital treatment. | All five people who were on board the training aircraft from RAF Valley on Anglesey have been reported safe and did not need hospital treatment. |
| Emergency services were called at about 13:45 BST to Yr Aran, a mountain peak on a ridge south of Snowdon. Walkers reported seeing 10ft-high (3m) flames. | Emergency services were called at about 13:45 BST to Yr Aran, a mountain peak on a ridge south of Snowdon. Walkers reported seeing 10ft-high (3m) flames. |
| An air ambulance was sent to the scene, along with a coastguard helicopter. | An air ambulance was sent to the scene, along with a coastguard helicopter. |
| Firefighters, police and mountain rescue teams from Llanberis, Ogwen Valley and Aberglaslyn also made their way to the peak, while an air exclusion zone was put in place. | Firefighters, police and mountain rescue teams from Llanberis, Ogwen Valley and Aberglaslyn also made their way to the peak, while an air exclusion zone was put in place. |
| A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said the Griffin training helicopter "safely completed a precautionary landing in Snowdonia" following a technical issue. | A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said the Griffin training helicopter "safely completed a precautionary landing in Snowdonia" following a technical issue. |
| "Everyone on board exited safely, subsequently the aircraft caught fire," he added. | "Everyone on board exited safely, subsequently the aircraft caught fire," he added. |
| The MoD said five people - four military and one civilian - were on the helicopter at the time, while another person involved in the training exercise was already on the mountain. | |
| It said the exercise involved the helicopter picking people up and putting them back down. | |
| Huw Price, who was walking nearby when the helicopter caught fire, said: "We were walking up the path, just me and the dog, and I saw this helicopter flying in the valley below us. | Huw Price, who was walking nearby when the helicopter caught fire, said: "We were walking up the path, just me and the dog, and I saw this helicopter flying in the valley below us. |
| The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it was called at 13:45 BST to reports by the air ambulance of a helicopter crash west of Snowdon. | The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it was called at 13:45 BST to reports by the air ambulance of a helicopter crash west of Snowdon. |
| "The helimed was in the area at the time of the crash and was immediately on scene," a spokesman said. | "The helimed was in the area at the time of the crash and was immediately on scene," a spokesman said. |
| "I assumed it was routine fly-by, it did not look like it was looking for anything. | "I assumed it was routine fly-by, it did not look like it was looking for anything. |
| "Then it went away and I just assumed it had flown off, but then I saw billowing black smoke." | "Then it went away and I just assumed it had flown off, but then I saw billowing black smoke." |
| Mr Price, who is on holiday in north Wales, said a walker who passed him said he had seen the helicopter land. | Mr Price, who is on holiday in north Wales, said a walker who passed him said he had seen the helicopter land. |
| "There was no big bang, it must have just had some sort of issue. There was lots of smoke. It was high, thick, black smoke," he added. | "There was no big bang, it must have just had some sort of issue. There was lots of smoke. It was high, thick, black smoke," he added. |