Army pilot grounded after helicopter crash

A British army pilot has been permanently banned from flying after crashing a Gazelle helicopter in Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

A British army pilot has been permanently banned from flying after crashing a Gazelle helicopter in Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

The pilot and his co-pilot were injured when the helicopter went down on the mud flats of Lough Foyle near the Ballykelly military base in Co Derry in July 2002.

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