Colin McRae feared dead in helicopter crash
{{date|September 16, 2007}}
[[Image:Ecureuil P1190040.jpg|thumb|180px|right|An Ecureuil AS350B2 helicopter, the same type that crashed. {{Image source|[[commons:User:David.Monniaux|David.Monniaux]].}}]]
An [[w:Eurocopter Ecureuil|AS350B2]] helicopter registered to former champion [[w:World Rally Championship|World Rally Championship]] driver [[w:Colin McRae|Colin McRae]] has crashed near his home in Lanarkshire. Known to be a keen helicopter pilot it has been revealed that McRae was at its controls when it crashed, and burst into flames, killing all aboard.

A [[w:Strathclyde Police|police]] statement said: "Around 1610 BST on Saturday, September 15, 2007, emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in Jerviswood... There are no survivors... There will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening."  The victims were later named by police as Colin McRae (39), his son Johnny (5), the boy's friend Ben Porcelli, and family friend Graeme Duncan (37).

[[w:David Richards (racing)|David Richards]] and his wife survived a helicopter crash in Essex whilst returning from the Formula 1 [[w:2007 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]], the day after Colin McRae's helicopter crash, who was his former employee.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1492492007
|title='Perfect pilot' McRae not to blame for crash, says father 
|author=Alastair Jamieson
|pub=The Scotsman Publications Ltd
|date=September 18, 2007}}
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*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2461339.ece
|title=Rally champion Colin McRae dies with son in helicopter crash
|author=Tom Gordon
|pub=The Sunday Times 
|date=September 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6997869.stm
|title=McRae and son among crash victims 
|author=
|pub=BBC
|date=September 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Releases/FIA_Sport/2007/September/160907-01.html
|title=FIA Statement of condolence
|author=
|pub=FIA
|date=September 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/6997784.stm
|title=Rally boss in helicopter escape
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=September 16, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2007/0915/mcraec.html
|title=Fears growing for McRae after crash
|author=
|pub=RTE Sport
|date=September 15, 2007}}

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An Ecureuil AS350B2 helicopter, the same type that crashed. 
An AS350B2 helicopter registered to former champion World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae has crashed near his home in Lanarkshire. Known to be a keen helicopter pilot it has been revealed that McRae was at its controls when it crashed, and burst into flames, killing all aboard.

A police statement said: "Around 1610 BST on Saturday, September 15, 2007, emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in Jerviswood... There are no survivors... There will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening."  The victims were later named by police as Colin McRae (39), his son Johnny (5), the boy's friend Ben Porcelli, and family friend Graeme Duncan (37).

David Richards and his wife survived a helicopter crash in Essex whilst returning from the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, the day after Colin McRae's helicopter crash, who was his former employee.

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