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UK Royal Navy helicopter crash leaves 3 dead
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- Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the deaths were "utterly tragic," while the cause of the accident remains unknown.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Eo4LThe helicopter crashed in the early hours of the morning near Devon Image: PA Images/picture alliance Advertisement.
- The aircraft, a Merlin Mk4 helicopter, went down in a field just before 4 a.m.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the deaths were "utterly tragic," while the cause of the accident remains unknown.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Eo4LThe helicopter crashed in the early hours of the morning near Devon Image: PA Images/picture alliance Advertisement. A helicopter from Britain's Royal Navy crashed in southwest England during a training exercise, the Navy confirmed on Wednesday.
The aircraft, a Merlin Mk4 helicopter, went down in a field just before 4 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the incident.
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