08/03/2004
Engine fire causes Lynx to make emergency landing
Two army personnel have escaped injury after their Lynx helicopter made an emergency landing on a Co Antrim beach at the weekend.
The Army blamed an engine fire for the emergency landing of the Lynx aircraft on West Strand beach in Portrush at around 11am on Saturday.
A number of people of who were on the beach at the time for the Irish National Surfing Championships also escaped injury in the incident.
Eyewitnesses described how they saw smoke billowing from the back of the helicopter as it circled above the sea before making an abrupt landing on the sand.
The helicopter had been on a training flight between Ballykelly and Aldergrove at the time.
(MB)
The Army blamed an engine fire for the emergency landing of the Lynx aircraft on West Strand beach in Portrush at around 11am on Saturday.
A number of people of who were on the beach at the time for the Irish National Surfing Championships also escaped injury in the incident.
Eyewitnesses described how they saw smoke billowing from the back of the helicopter as it circled above the sea before making an abrupt landing on the sand.
The helicopter had been on a training flight between Ballykelly and Aldergrove at the time.
(MB)
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