What the records say
- When
- 12 Aug 1993
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 53.13° N, 4.13° W
- Description
- helicopter crash in Wales
- Deaths
- 3
1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash
Helicopter crash in Wales
The 1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash occurred on 12 August 1993, when an RAF Westland Wessex helicopter, serial number XR524, with 3 aircrew and 4 Air Training Corps cadet passengers on board suffered a catastrophic tail rotor failure and plunged into Llyn Padarn, a lake in North Wales. Three passengers were killed.
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