An AS350B2 helicopter registered to former champion World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae has crashed near his home in Lanarkshire. Known to be a keen helicopter pilot it has been revealed that McRae was at its controls when it crashed killing all aboard.
A police statement said: “Around 1610 BST on Saturday, 15 September 2007, emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in Jerviswood… There are no survivors… There will be no formal identification of anyone on board this evening.”
McRae’s five-year-old son was also comfirmed to have perished, and police have been in contact with the family regarding the crash.
David Richards and his wife survived a helicopter crash in Essex whilst returning from the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, the day after Colin McRae’s helicopter crash, who was his former employee.
