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Royal Navy sailor dies as helicopter forced to ditch in war games

Daily Express

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September 06, 2024

Body found as two rescued

- Robert Kellaway

Royal Navy sailor dies as helicopter forced to ditch in war games

A ROYAL Navy member was killed when a helicopter ditched during an exercise with the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, it has emerged.

The Merlin Mk4 helicopter, favoured by Royal Marines for rapid deployment, hit the Channel during a night training exercise off the Dorset coast on Wednesday night.

imageTwo on board were rescued and taken to hospital without serious injury. A third person's body has been recovered.

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