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This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Westland Sea King helicopter, a British license-built and developed version of the American Sikorsky Sea King anti-submarine and utility helicopter, [1] As of 2012, Westland Sea Kings have been involved in forty-six significant accidents and incidents, involving forty-eight aircraft, during their service career.
Accident date Location News org. Description F I Official cause 2022-11-22 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States : WBTV: The Robinson R44 helicopter went into rapid descent and crashed in a grassy area adjacent to a southbound intersectional lane of I-77, as the pilot was conducting a news-gathering training simulation accompanied by a WBTV staff meteorologist.
3 July – a Cobham Air Routes Westland Wessex G-ADEW ditched in the English channel close to the Isle of Wight with the loss of the pilot, the one passenger was rescued. [ 34 ] 10 December – a Sabena Savoia-Marchetti S.73 registered OO-AGN crashed at Tatsfield , Surrey while on approach to Croydon at the end of a flight from Brussels ; all ...
The 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash occurred on the Isle of Wight in England on 15 November. With 45 lives lost, at the time it was the second worst aircraft accident within the United Kingdom, then at the time the worst ever air disaster to occur on English soil.
FacebookThe young men who were accompanying a 22-year-old British national when he was killed in a horrific private helicopter accident on a Greek island on Monday are livid about the story being ...
Three people have been rescued from a flooded fishing boat after it got into difficulty south of Mull. A coastguard helicopter from Prestwick, two RNLI lifeboats from Oban and Islay and a CalMac ...
The 1962 Channel Airways Dakota accident occurred on 6 May 1962 when a Channel Airways [N 1] Douglas C-47A Dakota, registered G-AGZB and operating a scheduled passenger flight from Jersey to Portsmouth, collided with a cloud-covered hill at St Boniface Down, near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The aircraft had previously been owned by British ...
7 January 1945, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning being ferried from the north of England got lost and thinking he was over the Isle of Wight signalled he intended to land, anti-aircraft guns fired and he crashed into the cliffs at Beauport, SW of Jersey, the wounded pilot, Lt Moutray, had parachuted out and was rescued from St Brelades Bay by lifeboat ...