quote:This article documents a current event.
Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
quote:A helicopter registered to Colin McRae crashed 1 mile north of Lanark, Scotland on 15 September 2007, which is close to the McRae family home. Police have confirmed to Sky News that there were no survivors of this incident, however it is unknown if McRae himself was on the helicopter. [6] [7]
quote:Crash Helicopter Registered To McRae.
A helicopter that crashed in rural Scotland today was registered to rally driver Colin McRae, it has been revealed.
Strathclyde Police said there were no survivors after the aircraft came down near Lanark this afternoon.
Rally driver Colin McRaeIt is not known whether the former world rally champion, who has a pilot's licence, was on board.
Police have said extensive damage was done to the twin squirrel helicopter and they were not immediately able to confirm how many people had been travelling in the craft.
There will be no formal identification of any victims this evening.
The air accident investigation team are en route to establish the cause of the crash.
The Scottish Ambulance Service confirmed that its own helicopter was despatched to the scene along with three ambulance crews and units from Strathclyde Fire Brigade.
Sky Correspondent James Matthews said: "My understanding is that the helicopter involved is registered to Colin McRae, the former world rally champion former world rally champion.
"He lives on an estate where this crash took place, the Jervis Wood estate just outside Lanark in the central belt of Scotland.
"All police will say it that they are in touch with the family to try to establish the identity of those on board the helicopter."
Niet ff posten ofzo...neuh....iedereen kijkt toch 's middags ff naar Rally report.quote:Op zaterdag 15 september 2007 22:41 schreef Sally het volgende:
Goh, wat een nieuws.
Vanmiddag nog in RTL Rally Report (rtl7) in een item langsgekomen?!
Was het toen al bekend?
Wist ik veel dattie omgekomen ZOU zijn?!quote:Op zaterdag 15 september 2007 22:43 schreef XpectorNL het volgende:
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Niet ff posten ofzo...neuh....iedereen kijkt toch 's middags ff naar Rally report.![]()
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quote:Rally champion Colin McRae dies with son in helicopter crash
Tom Gordon for The Sunday Times
THE former rally driving champion Colin McRae was killed and his five year-old son feared dead in a helicopter crash yesterday afternoon. The aircraft came down in Jerviswood, Lanarkshire, half a mile from the family's home and burst into flames just after 4pm.
Jean-Eric Freudiger, McRae's agent, said the 39-year-old driver had been piloting the helicopter himself. Also on board were believed to be his son Johnny, another adult and another child. Police said there were no survivors.
McRae's wife Alison and their daughter Hollie, 9, were not on board, friends said.
McRae became Britain's first World Rally champion in 1995. He was one of the country's most successful sportsmen, achieving 25 wins in World Rally events and 42 podium places. He was a flamboyant driver, inspiring one the world's best-selling computer rally games.
The helicopter came down within half a mile of McRae's home, Jervis House, a 16th-century tower house, which has an adjacent helipad. The weather had been overcast, with a light breeze, but visibility was good.
Strathclyde police said the extent of the fire damage was making identification a problem.
McRae's wife, a childhood sweetheart and his former co-driver, was taken back to the house under police escort shortly after 6pm. She looked calm, but neighbours gathering outside the house looked shaken with grief.
McRae's friend the rally journalist Jeremy Hart who flew with the champion several times described him as a "very good, very measured pilot whose natural ability with machinery was second to none". "Colin regularly flew all over the UK and into Europe," said Hart. "He knew the terrain and conditions at Jerviswood very well. It was the place he flew into most regularly.
"As a driver Colin was misunderstood slightly as being reckless but everything you saw with him came from pure raw talent as opposed to being learnt. He was the Michael Schumacher of rally driving.
"It's so ironic that he should die in a helicopter crash when he had competed and had brushed with death so many times as a rally driver."
Additional reporting: Paul Lamarra
Hij is was toch al jaren gestopt?quote:Op zaterdag 15 september 2007 22:10 schreef Mike.Strutter het volgende:
Zou jammer zijn voor de sport, de laatste jaren niet op z'n top helaas.
Ja precies en die dochter haar vader en broertje, vreselijk als je daar aan denktquote:Op zondag 16 september 2007 00:49 schreef Frasier het volgende:
Die moeder raakt haar man en haar zoontje kwijt![]()
Bizar inderdaad, twee Britse wereldkampioenen, beide jong gestorven maar niet in de autoquote:Op zondag 16 september 2007 08:37 schreef Leatherface het volgende:
Treurig zeg.![]()
De twee Britse wereldkampioenen Rally, Richards Burns en Colin McRae, beiden veel te jong gestorven.![]()
Treurig ook voor Colin zijn weduwe en de moeder van zijn zoontje.![]()
Nee, was nog niet bekend. Sprak gisterenavond Frank Verhoeven nog in Hellendoorn en die wist er ook nog niets van. Toen ik thuiskwam las ik het pas.quote:Op zaterdag 15 september 2007 22:41 schreef Sally het volgende:
Vanmiddag nog in RTL Rally Report (rtl7) in een item langsgekomen?!
Was het toen al bekend?
Toen was ik, achteraf gezien jammer, nog niet zo verdiept in WRC, maar het is een true legend.quote:Op zondag 16 september 2007 12:19 schreef Impry het volgende:
Ik kon het echt niet geloven toen ik het gisterenavond las... hele dag in Hellendoorn naar de rally staan kijken. Kom je 's avonds thuis lees je zoiets.
Heb hem zelf meerdere keren zien rijden in het echt en het was gewoon legende, niemand kon zo mooi/spectaculair rijden als hij deed. McRae was een klasse apart!!
De manier waarop hij in Duitsland op een showproef (St. Wendel) de hoek om kwam, met de neus van zijn auto net driftend langs een hekje, hem vol omgooien om de volgende bocht perfect driftend te nemen. Dit alles met adembenemende hoge snelheid! Krijg nu nog kippenvel als ik aan dat moment denk, zeker als je nagaat dat hij is overleden... Triest is het, heel triest dat zo'n geweldige man op zo'n leeftijd overlijdt.
Hier een video van die proef waar ik het over heb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUDXeqFSVB8
Met op het eind de legendarische reactie van Colin:
N. Grist: "Grist: I don't think there's gonna be anyone as sideways as that on that junction."
C. McRae: ...
Nee, zijn acties zullen mij nog heel lang bij blijven staan... Rust in vrede!
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