The pilot who died in yesterday’s helicopter crash has been named.
He was Matthew Chapman. He was 48 years old and he lived in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Inspectors from the Air Accident Investigations Branch arrived in the island last night to start their inquiries into what caused the aircraft to crash.
The accident happened yesterday morning near the 33rd Milestone in the Baldwin valley.
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