Lynx missing near Cornwall

[Craig.]

Charlie could you post the names please, my dad knows quite a few lynx pilots from yeovil but i havent spoken to him since the incident, and now he's moved to manchester i dont know what info he gets from yeovil

[Woodlouse2002]

The names are on the BBC news website.

I don't really understand why an aircraft from Yeovil was scrambled to do a search and rescue when there was an FAA SAR squadron based at Culdrose which was less than 50 miles from the incident.

[C]

The following is the latest press release from the MOD site:

[quote]A Royal Navy Lynx helicopter with four personnel aboard crashed in the English Channel on the evening of 8 December; wreckage has been found on the seabed some 17 miles off Lizard Point.

[Woodlouse2002]

That explains all my questions. It also shows how much military activity there is in the Channel... I know the RN is based in Plymouth but that's still a lot of warship.

[Craig.]

thanks charlie, and i agree with woodys comments