Yorkshire helicopter crash: Police formally name victims aged 66 and 16 as investigation continues

North Yorkshire Police have formally named the two people killed in the Burton in Lonsdale helicopter crash on Monday.

Pilot Ian Macdonald, 66, of Burton in Lonsdale, died alongside passenger Admarsu Birhan, 16, a German national who was staying with a local family as part of a school exchange project.

North Yorkshire Police said: "The investigation into the full circumstances surrounding the helicopter crash near Burton-in-Lonsdale continues. We can now provide the names of those who we believe to be the two people who sadly died in the crash.

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"We believe they were local man 66-year-old Ian Macdonald and 16-year-old Admarsu Birhan, a German national. Formal identification is yet to take place - please respect the family's privacy at this time."

The Air Accident Investigation Branch inspectors remain at the scene.