Ayerso Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1263728,00.html Senior Chelsea FC officials are reported to be on board a private helicopter that has disappeared off radar screens. It left John Lennon Airport in Liverpool last night and was heading to a private landing site near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, when it vanished. A police spokeswoman said: "Details are sketchy at the moment. "The helicopter, we believe, had about four or five people on board and was a twin-engine Squirrel. "It left John Lennon Airport in Liverpool at about 11pm last night and was on its way to a private address near Peterborough. "It appears to have disappeared off the radar. At the moment we are trying to find out more. "The best case scenario is that it has made an emergency landing somewhere." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Better than an extraordinary crash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Better than an extraordinary crash. I shouldn't... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 hope they are ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Fkn hell, shocker, Joae on it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 There's nothing strange about this! They flew over a council estate in liverpool do I have to spell it out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Fkn hell, shocker, Joae on it? If he is I await Parky with his KGB conspiracy fun house! Hope they are ok though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ridzuan Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I hope everybody is OK and it is just a small matter.By the way,the topic title should change from 'Plain' to 'Plane' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 While details are sketchy, this is the first thing that sprung to mind..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/60122.stm MJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
localshop Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 No wonder they crashed, a two engined squirrel?!?! Everyone knows a four engined badger is much more reliable in the world of woodland animal based helicopters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 No wonder they crashed, a two engined squirrel?!?! Everyone knows a four engined badger is much more reliable in the world of woodland animal based helicopters. I love the fact smoking crack isn't going out of fashion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I blame the bin dippers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Me too. Stealing hubcaps is one thing. Nicking the propellors of a helicopter is a bit much though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 It was being chased by journo's and only went of radaar after it enterd a tunnel closley followed by a little Fiat ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 It's apparently some business mogul's helicopter who is a Chelsea fan, all of the officials have been counted for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 No wonder they crashed, a two engined squirrel?!?! Everyone knows a four engined badger is much more reliable in the world of woodland animal based helicopters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 So the thread title should be "No Chelsea Officials in suspected not-a-plane crash". Good one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 By coler_news SkyNews - 1 hour 19 minutes ago Four bodies have been found at the scene of a helicopter crash in which an honorary vice president of Chelsea FC is feared dead. The Twin Squirrel helicopter was ferrying businessman Phillip Carter home from last night's Liverpool v Chelsea Champions League game when it disappeared from radar screens. Mr Carter, 44, is worth £92m and is Britain's 770th wealthiest person, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. The helicopter left John Lennon Airport in Liverpool last night and was heading to a private landing site near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, when it vanished. The wreckage was found in woodland near Wansford, Cambridgeshire, not far from Mr Carter's home in Thornhaugh. Police said the helicopter was largely intact and there was no obvious cause for the crash. The pilot was named as Stephen Holdich, co-owner of operating company Atlas Helicopters. Another passenger was named as Jonathan Waller. Chelsea, who lost the semi-final match on penalties, have eight honorary vice presidents. Earlier reports suggested officials from the club may have been on board. Mr Carter is the founder of fast-growing training company Carter & Carter. Faye Adkin, who works from the company, said the helicopter was carrying Mr Carter, the pilot and two other passengers when it went missing. :: Chelsea's vice-chairman Matthew Harding and four other men were killed in October 1996 as they returned from a Bolton Wanderers match. They had been travelling on a Twin Squirrel helicopter, which plummeted to earth in farmland near Middlewich, Cheshire, following a Coca Cola Cup tie. An inquest jury returned verdicts of accidental death after hearing that the pilot might have become disorientated flying at night with no autopilot, while trying to map-read and talk to air traffic control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebellious Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Better than an extraordinary crash. Thought exactly the same. A good old fashioned plain crash, nothing special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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