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| Five people killed in Snowdonia helicopter crash | |
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| Five people have been killed in a helicopter crash in north Wales. | Five people have been killed in a helicopter crash in north Wales. |
| A massive air and land search was launched on Wednesday after the aircraft vanished en route from Luton to Dublin. | A massive air and land search was launched on Wednesday after the aircraft vanished en route from Luton to Dublin. |
| Supt Gareth Evans of North Wales Police said on Thursday the crash site had been located and the bodies of all five people on board had been found. | Supt Gareth Evans of North Wales Police said on Thursday the crash site had been located and the bodies of all five people on board had been found. |
| A mountain rescue team found the wreckage in the Rhinog mountains between Trawsfynydd and Harlech. | |
| The privately-owned helicopter vanished from radar contact while over Caernarfon Bay. | The privately-owned helicopter vanished from radar contact while over Caernarfon Bay. |
| Police said they were not aware of any plan for the helicopter to stop in Caernarfon as part of its route. | Police said they were not aware of any plan for the helicopter to stop in Caernarfon as part of its route. |
| Formal identification of the bodies has not yet taken place and the coroner for north west Wales, Dewi Pritchard-Jones, has opened an investigation. | Formal identification of the bodies has not yet taken place and the coroner for north west Wales, Dewi Pritchard-Jones, has opened an investigation. |
| Police have not revealed the exact location of the crash as the bodies have not been recovered from the "remote and hazardous" terrain. | |
| Family of those killed have been informed and an investigation into the crash is being led by the Air Accident Investigation Branch. | |
| The search was initially focused on the Irish Sea, but the Coastguard said on Thursday that inquiries led them to switch their efforts to Snowdonia National Park. | |
| Weather hampered the search for the aircraft - helicopter searches were called off due to low lying cloud and teams in Snowdonia had to work with visibility down to 10ft (3m) in some places. |