File Photo of a HH-60 Pave Hawk US military helicopters in 2010. Credit: Reuters
Black Hawk Down In Norfolk: Four Crew Dead As US Helicopter Crashes During Routine Low-Level Flying Exercise Over Coast -- Daily Mail
* Aircraft took off from US airforce base at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk
* The helicopter was a Pave Hawk, on a routine low-level flying exercise
* It is believed to have crashed just after 8pm close to the shoreline
* Emergency services have cordoned off a 400m area around the site
* RAF Lakenheath confirmed that four people were on board
* Norfolk Police confirm the helicopter was carrying live ammunition
* There was speculation a bird strike could have been responsible
Four people are feared dead following a military helicopter crash on a coastal nature reserve in Norfolk.
The aircraft, a Pave Hawk took off from the U.S. airforce base at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, for a routine low-level flying exercise.
Residents told of hearing a 'heavy and very unusual' sound overhead as the helicopter - which specialises in recovering troops from war zones - plummeted into marshland.
The aircraft, a modified version of the U.S. Army's Black Hawk, is believed to have crashed just after 8pm close to the shoreline near the village Cley-next-the-Sea.
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