G-BEON (1983 British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 crash)

On 16 July 1983, a British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 departed from Penzance bound for St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, but they never make it. What went so terribly wrong on that fateful journey?

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Photo Sources:

1983 British Airways Helicopters Sikorsky S-61 crash - Wikipedia

G-BEON | This Day in Aviation

Research Source:

Report: 8-1984_G-BEON.pdf

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