NO STATEMENT YET FROM AIRSHOW ORGANISERS ON BEACH ACCIDENT

Date Published: 25-Jun-2007

Britain's Ministry of Defence, the Irish Aviation Authority, the Air Accident Investigation Unit from the Department of Transport and Gardaí have launched inquiries into how three spectators were injured at yesterday's Salthill Airshow One of the side doors fell off an RAF Merlin Helicopter after it took off from Salthill Park and was heading out over the beach towards Galway BayThe door fell about a hundred feet and hit three spectators who were brought to hospital with minor injuries but have since been discharged16 hours after the incident the organisers of the Galway Airshow have not yet issued a statement and have been uncontactable