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| Buckinghamshire air crash: Four dead after helicopter and Cessna plane collide in mid-air | Buckinghamshire air crash: Four dead after helicopter and Cessna plane collide in mid-air |
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| Four people have died after a helicopter and a Cessna light aircraft crashed in mid-air over Buckinghamshire. | Four people have died after a helicopter and a Cessna light aircraft crashed in mid-air over Buckinghamshire. |
| The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it was investigating a “mid-air collision involving an aircraft and a helicopter near Aylesbury” as police threw up a wide cordon around woods near Waddesdon. | The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it was investigating a “mid-air collision involving an aircraft and a helicopter near Aylesbury” as police threw up a wide cordon around woods near Waddesdon. |
| Police did not name the deceased people and said they were trying to trace their next of kin. | Police did not name the deceased people and said they were trying to trace their next of kin. |
| Both craft came from Wycombe Air Park, near High Wycombe, which is also known as Booker Airfield and offers training for new pilots. | Both craft came from Wycombe Air Park, near High Wycombe, which is also known as Booker Airfield and offers training for new pilots. |
| A Notice to Airmen was previously issued to warn pilots the air field’s air traffic control services would be closed during three 30-minute periods on selected days between November 7-30 due to a “staff shortage”. | |
| In May, a man was left fighting for his life after the helicopter he was travelling in with two other men | In May, a man was left fighting for his life after the helicopter he was travelling in with two other men |
| Friday’s crash happened over woods near the historic Waddesdon Manor estate and smoke could be seen rising over the crash site near Waddesdon Hill, according to local media. | |
| RAF Halton, which is about 10 miles away, said no military aircraft had been involved. | RAF Halton, which is about 10 miles away, said no military aircraft had been involved. |
| A spokesman said: “We can confirm that neither of the aircraft concerned has a connection with either our air force nor the military, and this is as much as we know at this time.” | A spokesman said: “We can confirm that neither of the aircraft concerned has a connection with either our air force nor the military, and this is as much as we know at this time.” |
| A spokeswoman for Waddesdon Manor said the crash had not happened on its grounds. | A spokeswoman for Waddesdon Manor said the crash had not happened on its grounds. |
| The property is managed by the Rothschild Foundation, a family charitable trust, on behalf of the National Trust, who took over ownership in 1957. | The property is managed by the Rothschild Foundation, a family charitable trust, on behalf of the National Trust, who took over ownership in 1957. |
| A member of the Rothschild family has told of her shock after a mid-air collision between a helicopter and an aircraft missed her by five minutes. | |
| The woman, who did not want her full name published, said she heard a loud bang while she was driving her car to a dog grooming event, near Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. | |
| Just five minutes earlier she had been picking a plant in the Wilderness Woods, the scene of the crash site, on the Waddesdon Estate. | |
| “I’m totally shocked,” she said. “I heard a loud bang, which I thought was a car crash.” | |
| Waddesdon Estate Gardener, Len Bellis, described how he found the “burning wreckage” minutes later. | |
| He had been working nearby when he heard a “horrendous noise” like a tin hangar collapsing. | |
| He said two men came running towards him from the woods shouting, “Did you see it, did you see it?” | |
| Mr Bellis said one of them told him he heard a plane “stuttering” just before the crash. | |
| “I just came across the wreckage,” said Mr Bellis, who described the light aircraft as a “wreck” and “non-existent”, apart from the 5ft burning fuselage. | |
| He said he later found out he was just 10 yards from a body in the undergrowth. | |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |