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| Rescue services searching for a missing helicopter, believed to be carrying a wealthy Chelsea FC supporter, have found a crash site in Cambridgeshire. | Rescue services searching for a missing helicopter, believed to be carrying a wealthy Chelsea FC supporter, have found a crash site in Cambridgeshire. |
| Police said wreckage has been found between Wansford and Duddington, west of Peterborough. | Police said wreckage has been found between Wansford and Duddington, west of Peterborough. |
| It was carrying Phillip Carter - an honorary vice president of Chelsea FC - and three other people from a European Cup tie in Liverpool. | It was carrying Phillip Carter - an honorary vice president of Chelsea FC - and three other people from a European Cup tie in Liverpool. |
| They had been watching Chelsea play Liverpool in the Champions League game. | They had been watching Chelsea play Liverpool in the Champions League game. |
| Mr Carter is founder of firm Carter & Carter, which specialises in vocational training, and employs more than 500 people in Nottingham. | Mr Carter is founder of firm Carter & Carter, which specialises in vocational training, and employs more than 500 people in Nottingham. |
| A company spokeswoman said Mr Carter, the pilot and up to three passengers were on board. | A company spokeswoman said Mr Carter, the pilot and up to three passengers were on board. |
| The pilot of the helicopter was Stephen Holdich, co-owner of operating company Atlas Helicopters, of Hampshire, a company spokeswoman said. | The pilot of the helicopter was Stephen Holdich, co-owner of operating company Atlas Helicopters, of Hampshire, a company spokeswoman said. |
| Jonathan Waller, a friend of Phillip Carter's, was also on board the aircraft. | Jonathan Waller, a friend of Phillip Carter's, was also on board the aircraft. |
| They and two other friends and been expected back at Mr Carter's house at about midnight on Tuesday night. | They and two other friends and been expected back at Mr Carter's house at about midnight on Tuesday night. |
| But Mr Waller's mother, Shirley, told BBC News 24 she had not heard from her son, a 42-year-old debt collector from Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, since he set off on Tuesday afternoon | But Mr Waller's mother, Shirley, told BBC News 24 she had not heard from her son, a 42-year-old debt collector from Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, since he set off on Tuesday afternoon |
| She said: "Jonathan and Bill are very good friends, they've been friends for many years, and they were looking forward to going to the match. Whenever Chelsea played, they'd go by helicopter." | She said: "Jonathan and Bill are very good friends, they've been friends for many years, and they were looking forward to going to the match. Whenever Chelsea played, they'd go by helicopter." |
| She said Mr Waller usually phones her every morning but there was no call on Wednesday. | She said Mr Waller usually phones her every morning but there was no call on Wednesday. |
| The Twin Squirrel aircraft took off from John Lennon Airport, Merseyside, at 2300 BST on Tuesday and the last contact was made with it just under two hours later. | The Twin Squirrel aircraft took off from John Lennon Airport, Merseyside, at 2300 BST on Tuesday and the last contact was made with it just under two hours later. |
| Extensive search | Extensive search |
| The helicopter was due to land in Thornhaugh, west of Peterborough, where Mr Carter - one of eight honorary vice presidents of Chelsea FC - lives. | |
| Search and rescue helicopters, one from RAF Leconfield in Yorkshire and the other based at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk, have been searching an area south west of RAF Wittering between Peterborough and Stamford. | Search and rescue helicopters, one from RAF Leconfield in Yorkshire and the other based at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk, have been searching an area south west of RAF Wittering between Peterborough and Stamford. |
| According to Civil Aviation Authority records, Mr Carter is the joint owner of a twin-engined helicopter registered to his home address. | According to Civil Aviation Authority records, Mr Carter is the joint owner of a twin-engined helicopter registered to his home address. |
| Carter & Carter A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman: said: "The helicopter is thought to have disappeared from radar screens shortly after 0030 BST. | Carter & Carter A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman: said: "The helicopter is thought to have disappeared from radar screens shortly after 0030 BST. |
| "It is thought to have been somewhere near the Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Cambridgeshire border when it vanished." | "It is thought to have been somewhere near the Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Cambridgeshire border when it vanished." |