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Death of Plymouth woman felled by helicopter was accident, inquest finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 November 2024

Jean Langan, 87, was blown over by downwash from search and rescue helicopter landing at Derriford hospital in 2022

The death of an 87-year-old woman who was blown over by a search-and-rescue helicopter landing at a hospital was an accident, an inquest jury has found.

Jean Langan, a retired civil servant, was walking with her niece to her car after having a hearing aid fitted at Derriford hospital in Plymouth in March 2022 when a downwash caused by the helicopter knocked them to the ground.