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05/04/2004
BBC crew injured in helicopter crash
A BBC film crew have escaped serious injury this afternoon when their helicopter crash-landed in County Meath in the Irish Republic.
The two-man film crew, a camerman and the sound operator, and their pilot walked away from the crash with minor injuries and shock.
The crash, believed to have been caused by technical difficulties, took place near the burial mound at Newgrange, a National Monument thirty miles north of Dublin.
The BBC film crew were shooting footage for a programme to be shown next year.
(GB)
The two-man film crew, a camerman and the sound operator, and their pilot walked away from the crash with minor injuries and shock.
The crash, believed to have been caused by technical difficulties, took place near the burial mound at Newgrange, a National Monument thirty miles north of Dublin.
The BBC film crew were shooting footage for a programme to be shown next year.
(GB)
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