A Boeing Chinook Heavy lift helicopter sits gathering frost in the field adjacent to the A456 in Burford, Tenbury.The Army helicopter which had been on exercise in the Lake District all day, experienced hydraulics problems on the flight back to base. The problems became critical at about 4.30pm yesterday as they passed over Tenbury and were ordered to land by their control.
An MOD spokesman said the landing was a routine precautionary landing rather than an emergency landing.
A second helicopter arrived from Hampshire at about 9.30 last night to collect the crew and deliver some technicians. Other technicians arrived during the night by road and worked in sub-zero temperatures to try to rectify the faults.
By 11.00am this morning the Helicopter was still in situ and the verges of the A456 were lined by onlookers and media reporters.
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HM Forces Military helicopters...
Army = Lynx, Gazelle, Apache (Attack)
RAF = Chinook, Puma and EH101, Sea King (Heavy lift)
Navy = Lynx, Sea King and EH 101 (Bit of everything and the call sign you want when trying to get picked up from a field in wet Fermanagh - these guys get in anywhere)
Yes I realised my error when I saw the roundels on the side.
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