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2014 Norfolk helicopter crash

7 Jan 2014 · Near Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England

United States Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk · Under investigation

From RAF Lakenheath to RAF Lakenheath

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
4 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk

Aircraft type
Sikorsky HH-60
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
4
Route
From RAF LakenheathTo RAF Lakenheath

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The 2014 Norfolk helicopter crash refers to the accident on 7 January 2014 in which an HH-60 helicopter belonging to the United States Air Forces in Europe's US Air Force 48th Fighter Wing (stationed in the United Kingdom) crashed in Norfolk, eastern England, while carrying out routine training; this event caused the deaths of a total of 4 helicopter crew members.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Chinese Wikipedia article “2014年直升機墜毀諾福克郡事故” (revision 79615818, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Chinese Wikipedia article: 2014年直升機墜毀諾福克郡事故
Article
2014年直升機墜毀諾福克郡事故
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
79615818 · 2023-11-03 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q15634400
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
zh Wikipedia article "2014年直升機墜毀諾福克郡事故" (page 3893384, revision 79615818), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Chinese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.