Three people have died and one person was seriously injured after a helicopter crashed during a flight lesson over an island off the coast of England
ByThe Associated Press
August 25, 2025, 12:57 PM
LONDON — Three people have been killed and one person seriously injured when a helicopter crashed Monday during a flight lesson on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.
The Robinson R44 II helicopter had a pilot and three passengers onboard when it crashed just before 9:30 a.m., authorities said.
The operator, Northumbria Helicopters, said its aircraft was involved in a crash during a flight lesson.
The seriously injured survivor was airlifted to the trauma center at University Hospital Southampton.
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Eyewitness Leigh Goldsmith was driving when she saw the helicopter spiral down into a hedge, she told the Isle of Wight County Press.
The U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch said it is sending a team of inspectors to the scene. The cause of the crash is not known.
