The director of a Milton Keynes construction company is feared to be among the victims of a helicopter crash in Snowdonia, North Wales yesterday.
Police have confirmed that five bodies were found in the wreckage today after the helicopter vanished on Wednesday en route from Luton to Dublin.
Local paper the Milton Keynes Citizen said Kevin Burke was a passenger on the aircraft.
Burke was director of Staske Construction which has operated in the area since 1993.
It is also feared that his wife and company secretary Ruth Burke may also have been on board.
Supt. Gareth Evans at North Wales Police said “The aircraft, a red Twin Squirrel helicopter had failed to arrive in Dublin from Luton yesterday afternoon instigating a full sea and then land search and rescue operation.
“Initially, its last known position was believed ‘over sea’ in the Caernarfon Bay area but this was then narrowed to a land based search co-ordinated by North Wales Police in Snowdonia involving all local and RAF Mountain Rescue Teams.
“Local conditions were described as atrocious with visibility down to less than 10 metres in places.My thanks go out to the professionalism and commitment of all those personnel involved in this operation.
“Formal identification has not taken place so details of the passengers are not being revealed at this time.”
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/03/30/construction-boss-feared-to-be-among-helicopter-crash-victims/
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