Pilot killed as helicopter crashes in field
Police will work through the night to establish the identity of the dead person.
A pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash in North Yorkshire and there were no other passengers, North Yorkshire police have said.
Rescue services were called to the scene near Aldborough, Boroughbridge at around 1.20pm on Wednesday to reports of a helicopter crashing into a field.
“We are working with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch and the Civil Aviation Authority to establish what the cause of that crash was.”
Mr Hannan said when officers arrived on the scene the helicopter was on fire, and that efforts are being made to establish where it was going.
Supt Hannan said although police are still unaware of what sort of helicopter was involved, they do not believe it to be a military vehicle.
He said: “The emergency services (including) ourselves, the ambulance service and the fire service, all attended, as did the air ambulance.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service said on Twitter that a number of engines from Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Ripon had been sent to the incident.
They said hoses were being used to “damp down the scene”.