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| Colin McRae's father has said he saw a flightpath problem before a helicopter crash which killed the former world rally champion and his son. | Colin McRae's father has said he saw a flightpath problem before a helicopter crash which killed the former world rally champion and his son. |
| Colin, 39, and son Johnny, five, and two family friends died in a helicopter crash in Lanarkshire on Saturday. | Colin, 39, and son Johnny, five, and two family friends died in a helicopter crash in Lanarkshire on Saturday. |
| Jimmy McRae, a former rally champion, said the helicopter was off its normal line near Lanark. | Jimmy McRae, a former rally champion, said the helicopter was off its normal line near Lanark. |
| He said: "He's had a problem further back and he's obviously been trying to clear the trees to get to the field." | He said: "He's had a problem further back and he's obviously been trying to clear the trees to get to the field." |
| He added: "He would normally be a mile, half a mile up in the top of the valley. | He added: "He would normally be a mile, half a mile up in the top of the valley. |
| He was world champion and to be champion of the world you've got to be champion of the world Jimmy McRae | He was world champion and to be champion of the world you've got to be champion of the world Jimmy McRae |
| "If there's been a problem with the helicopter, or whatever, we've got to find out what it is and stop this happening to another family." | "If there's been a problem with the helicopter, or whatever, we've got to find out what it is and stop this happening to another family." |
| Police said the aircraft came down on Saturday at about 1600 BST in Jerviswood, roughly a mile from Lanark, and caught fire. | Police said the aircraft came down on Saturday at about 1600 BST in Jerviswood, roughly a mile from Lanark, and caught fire. |
| Johnny's friend, six-year-old Ben Porcelli, and a family friend, Graeme Duncan, 37, also died. | Johnny's friend, six-year-old Ben Porcelli, and a family friend, Graeme Duncan, 37, also died. |
| They had been flying from Hamilton to Lanark. | They had been flying from Hamilton to Lanark. |
| A team from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) began work at the scene yesterday morning. | A team from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) began work at the scene yesterday morning. |
| Jimmy McRae said he thought his son was trying to clear the trees | |
| A spokesman for the Department of Transport said investigators were studying the crash site for signs of mechanical failure. | A spokesman for the Department of Transport said investigators were studying the crash site for signs of mechanical failure. |
| The team of experts will consider whether they need to take any of the wreckage to their headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire, for further examination. | The team of experts will consider whether they need to take any of the wreckage to their headquarters in Farnborough, Hampshire, for further examination. |
| The flight log, air traffic control records, weather conditions and other outside factors will be studied, the spokesman added. | The flight log, air traffic control records, weather conditions and other outside factors will be studied, the spokesman added. |
| Mr McRae said an online condolence page had 25,000 hits. | Mr McRae said an online condolence page had 25,000 hits. |
| He said: "That's how popular he was. He was world champion and to be champion of the world you've got to be champion of the world." | He said: "That's how popular he was. He was world champion and to be champion of the world you've got to be champion of the world." |
| Mr McRae said his grandson Johnny "was beginning to show signs" that he wanted to take up rally driving "even at his early age". | Mr McRae said his grandson Johnny "was beginning to show signs" that he wanted to take up rally driving "even at his early age". |
| He said no words could describe the impact their deaths has had on family and friends. | He said no words could describe the impact their deaths has had on family and friends. |