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A victim of a helicopter crash at the start of the Iraq war was due to leave the Royal Navy, it has emerged.A victim of a helicopter crash at the start of the Iraq war was due to leave the Royal Navy, it has emerged.
Lt Tony King, 35, was killed with five colleagues from Cornwall-based 849 Squadron in a collision between two navy helicopters on 22 March 2003.Lt Tony King, 35, was killed with five colleagues from Cornwall-based 849 Squadron in a collision between two navy helicopters on 22 March 2003.
His wife Sarah, from Helston in Cornwall, told an inquest he had decided to spend more time with his young children, David and Molly.His wife Sarah, from Helston in Cornwall, told an inquest he had decided to spend more time with his young children, David and Molly.
The coroner said the cause of the crash was unlikely to be mechanical.The coroner said the cause of the crash was unlikely to be mechanical.
Tony was the centre of our world Sarah King
Mrs King said her husband's death had left a "huge void" in her family's life.Mrs King said her husband's death had left a "huge void" in her family's life.
She told the inquest in Oxford: "Tony had decided after one more deployment to leave the navy so he would never have to spend time away from [his children] again.She told the inquest in Oxford: "Tony had decided after one more deployment to leave the navy so he would never have to spend time away from [his children] again.
"Tony was the centre of our world, around which all three of us orbited, so when he died not only were we completely devastated, but there was a huge void in our lives which we have found hard to fill." Tony was the centre of our world Sarah King "Tony was the centre of our world, around which all three of us orbited, so when he died not only were we completely devastated, but there was a huge void in our lives which we have found hard to fill."
The inquest is investigating what caused the Sea King helicopters to crash over the Arabian Sea as one returned to Royal Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal and another left on the same mission.The inquest is investigating what caused the Sea King helicopters to crash over the Arabian Sea as one returned to Royal Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal and another left on the same mission.
The helicopters - part of 849 Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall - had been undertaking surveillance work for British forces in the al-Faw peninsula.The helicopters - part of 849 Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall - had been undertaking surveillance work for British forces in the al-Faw peninsula.
Oxfordshire assistant deputy coroner Sir Richard Curtis said: "No one is suggesting or is likely to suggest that the collision of the two aircraft which led to the deaths was due to any mechanical failure."Oxfordshire assistant deputy coroner Sir Richard Curtis said: "No one is suggesting or is likely to suggest that the collision of the two aircraft which led to the deaths was due to any mechanical failure."
Lt Philip Green, 30, from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire; Lt Antony King, from Helston, Cornwall; Lt Marc Lawrence, 26, from Westgate-on-Sea, Kent; Lt Philip West, 32, from Budock Water, Cornwall; Lt James Williams, 28, from Falmouth, Cornwall and Lt Andrew Wilson, 36, from Exeter, Devon died alongside a US serviceman.Lt Philip Green, 30, from Caythorpe, Lincolnshire; Lt Antony King, from Helston, Cornwall; Lt Marc Lawrence, 26, from Westgate-on-Sea, Kent; Lt Philip West, 32, from Budock Water, Cornwall; Lt James Williams, 28, from Falmouth, Cornwall and Lt Andrew Wilson, 36, from Exeter, Devon died alongside a US serviceman.
The inquest heard that all had died from multiple injuries, apart from Lt Wilson, who drowned.The inquest heard that all had died from multiple injuries, apart from Lt Wilson, who drowned.