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Pilot hurt in Gloucestershire Airport helicopter crash | |
(32 minutes later) | |
A pilot was injured when his helicopter crashed on to its side at an airport. | |
The man was pulled from the "significantly damaged" aircraft, on the apron next to its hangar at Gloucestershire Airport, near Cheltenham, at about 13:00 BST. | |
He was taken to hospital "conscious and breathing" with a head injury, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service said. | |
An airport spokesman said the cause of the crash was "unclear". | |
He said the aircraft - owned by Rise Helicopters - has been righted and put back inside the hangar. | |
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been informed. | |
Gloucestershire airport, formerly known as Staverton Airport, is mainly used for private charter flights. |
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