Crash Pilot's Widow in Plea to Ministers Over Plane Safety

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THE fiancee of an air ambulance pilot who was killed while flying to pick up a sick boy has said the crash could have been avoided if there had been a second pilot and extra warning equipment fitted to the aircraft.

Lorne Blyth endorsed recommendations made by accident investigators whose report, published today, says Captain Guy Henderson was flying too low when he hit the sea while coming in to land at Campbeltown airport in poor visibility.

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Crash Pilot's Widow in Plea to Ministers Over Plane Safety

Mr Henderson, 40, died in March last year, leaving Ms Blyth and their son Calum, then 14 months old. John McCreanor, 34, a paramedic travelling with him to collect Craig McKillop, ten, who...

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