Yorkshire: Pilot and German trade scholar die in helicopter crash

Tributes have been paid to a pilot and a teenage German trade scholar who died when a helicopter crashed right into a North Yorkshire discipline.

Police confirmed Ian Macdonald, 66, died within the crash close to his house within the village of Burton in Lonsdale shortly earlier than noon yesterday.

Additionally among the many lifeless was 16-year-old scholar Admarsu Birhan, who locals stated had been residing with a close-by household for the final three months.

Craven district councillor Stuart Handley, who lives in Burton in Lonsdale, stated Ian was well-liked within the village.

He stated: ‘My condolences go to the household of Ian Macdonald and in addition the German trade scholar’s household.

‘Ian hadn’t been residing within the village for a really very long time however he made himself very well-known inside the neighborhood. He was a really well-liked individual inside the village.’

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