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| Afghanistan helicopter crash victims repatriated to UK | Afghanistan helicopter crash victims repatriated to UK |
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| The bodies of five UK service personnel who died in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan will arrive back in the UK later. | The bodies of five UK service personnel who died in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan will arrive back in the UK later. |
| Capt Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Class 2 Spencer Faulkner and Cpl James Walters were from the Army Air Corps. | Capt Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Class 2 Spencer Faulkner and Cpl James Walters were from the Army Air Corps. |
| The others killed on 26 April were RAF intelligence officer Flt Lt Rakesh Chauhan and L/Cpl Oliver Thomas of the Intelligence Corps. | The others killed on 26 April were RAF intelligence officer Flt Lt Rakesh Chauhan and L/Cpl Oliver Thomas of the Intelligence Corps. |
| An aircraft carrying the bodies will land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 BST. | An aircraft carrying the bodies will land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 BST. |
| A ceremony will be held at the airbase before the cortege leaves for the John Radcliffe Hospital at about 16:45. | A ceremony will be held at the airbase before the cortege leaves for the John Radcliffe Hospital at about 16:45. |
| An investigation is under way into how the Lynx helicopter came down in the Takhta Pul district of Kandahar, some 30 miles from the Pakistan border, on 27 April. | |
| The MoD said the crash appeared to have been a "tragic accident" which happened during "a routine flight". | The MoD said the crash appeared to have been a "tragic accident" which happened during "a routine flight". |
| Capt Clarke, 30, from Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Cpl Walters, 36, from Leedstown in Cornwall, Flt Lt Chauhan, 29, of Birmingham and WO Faulkner, 38, were stationed at RAF Odiham in Hampshire. | |
| L/Cpl Thomas, 26, from Brecon, Powys, an Army reservist from 3 Military Intelligence Battalion, was based in London. He was a researcher for the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Roger Williams. | L/Cpl Thomas, 26, from Brecon, Powys, an Army reservist from 3 Military Intelligence Battalion, was based in London. He was a researcher for the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Roger Williams. |
| The crash was the first fatal accident of the Afghan conflict involving a UK military helicopter and the third biggest loss of life of British troops in a single incident in the country since the invasion in 2001. | The crash was the first fatal accident of the Afghan conflict involving a UK military helicopter and the third biggest loss of life of British troops in a single incident in the country since the invasion in 2001. |
| The deaths bring the number of British forces personnel killed in the conflict in Afghanistan to 453. | The deaths bring the number of British forces personnel killed in the conflict in Afghanistan to 453. |
| Nato forces, including UK troops, are preparing to withdraw combat troops by the end of this year. | Nato forces, including UK troops, are preparing to withdraw combat troops by the end of this year. |