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Norfolk helicopter crash: Four people believed to be dead | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Four people are believed to have been killed when a helicopter crashed, police have said. | |
The aircraft came down in the Cley area in north Norfolk, off the east coast of England. Emergency services are at the scene with a 1,200ft (400m) area cordoned off. | |
The helicopter is an HH-60G Pave Hawk, based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, a spokesman for the USAF confirmed. | |
The aircraft usually carries a four-man crew on board, he said. | |
Six appliances from Norfolk Fire Service are currently in attendance, including four pumps, a water carrier and an environmental protection unit. | Six appliances from Norfolk Fire Service are currently in attendance, including four pumps, a water carrier and an environmental protection unit. |
A spokesman said the first unit arrived at the scene at 19:53 GMT. | A spokesman said the first unit arrived at the scene at 19:53 GMT. |
It was initially thought the aircraft had ditched in the North Sea. | |
A spokesman for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said: "We were asked for three lifeboats to respond. | |
"Crews from Wells, Sheringham and Cromer were launched at the request of the coastguard but were stood down when it was confirmed that the aircraft had come down over land." |