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| The stricken helicopter awaits recovery |
A HELICOPTER today made an emergency landing just yards from the high tide shorebird roost on Cleethorpes Beach.
The machine came down with a thud shortly before 3pm.
Luckily, no one is thought to have been injured in the incident which was triggered when the engine conked out.
Said one onlooker: "It was helluva impact - it snapped the tail boom of the 'copter."
Later, the machine was towed away on a trailer pulled by a Range Rover.
The noise startled the shorebirds - mostly oystercatchers - which flew off in panic.
An investigation has begun into what caused the engine to fail and whether collision with a bird might have been a factor.
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| Sudden impact with the beach caused the tail to snap - look carefully and you can see the head of a passing seal as it takes a recce! |
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| A team from Cleethorpes Coastguard was quickly on the scene |
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| The startled oystercatchers take to the sky |
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