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Helicopter crash probe continues Crash victims 'on shooting trip'
(about 2 hours later)
Air accident investigators are continuing their inquiries into a helicopter crash which killed a pilot and his three passengers. Four men who died when a helicopter crashed into a field in Cumbria were travelling to a pheasant shoot in Scotland, police said.
The wreckage of the Robinson R44 was found by a farm worker in Gatebeck, near Kendal, on Saturday morning. The bodies of the victims, including a father and son, were found near a farm in Gatebeck, Kendal, on Saturday.
It had taken off from Carnforth, Lancashire, on Friday night bound for Lochmaben, near Lockerbie, in Scotland. The Robinson R44 aircraft set off from Carnforth, Lancashire, on Friday night bound for Lochmaben, near Lockerbie.
Details of the four fatalities have not been released by police, with next of kin to be informed. The father and son were from the Carnforth area and the two other men were from West Yorkshire.
Officers from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch arrived at the site on Saturday afternoon. A Cumbria Police spokesman said the deceased would not be named until next of kin had been informed, with full details expected to be released on Monday morning.
Strong winds Air accident investigators are continuing their inquiries at the crash scene near Sill Field Farm.
Two of the bodies were said to have been inside the wreckage, found in a field near Sill Field Farm, while the other two were on the ground. Mobile phones
A search operation involving police, coastguards, mountain rescue teams and an RAF helicopter was mounted when the helicopter failed to arrive. The wreckage of the helicopter is expected to be removed from the site later on Sunday.
Police pinpointed its position using signals from the passengers' mobile phones, but by that time the farm worker had spotted the crashed aircraft and had alerted emergency services. A search operation involving police, coastguards, mountain rescue teams and an RAF helicopter was mounted when the helicopter failed to arrive at its destination.
A spokesman for Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service said area had experienced heavy rain and strong winds on Friday night. Police pinpointed its position using signals from the passengers' mobile phones, but a farm worker had spotted the crashed aircraft and had alerted emergency services.
A spokesman for Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service said the area had experienced heavy rain and strong winds on Friday night.
Two of the bodies were said to have been inside the wreckage, while the other two were on the ground.
Sill Field Farm is owned by pig farmer Peter Gott who is well known in the area for breeding wild boar.Sill Field Farm is owned by pig farmer Peter Gott who is well known in the area for breeding wild boar.