[Ammi]

One person has been airlifted to hospital after a helicopter crashed into a field on the Isle of Wight, emergency services say.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary were called to the scene of a "light aircraft crash" off Shanklin Road near Ventnor at 9.24am, the force said.

A critical care team, including a doctor and specialist paramedic, was also sent, Hants and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance added.

A spokesperson for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance said in a statement: "We have treated and airlifted one patient to the Major Trauma Centre, University Hospital Southampton. Our thoughts are with them, and everyone involved in today's incident."

A witness, Leigh Goldsmith, told the Isle of Wight County Press she saw the helicopter "spiralling" before crashing into a hedge as she drove along a nearby road on Monday morning.

She claimed she saw four people on board and believed the aircraft's airbags had been activated.

"The road is closed due to the number of emergency services vehicles at the scene, so please avoid the area at this time," police said in their statement.


https://news.sky.com/story/helicopte...wight-13418150

[Ammi]

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08...6119373904.jpg


[Pleasure flight helicopter crashes
in field near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight - sparking
huge emergency response as one casualty
is airlifted to hospital by medics]

[Ammi]

…it’s reported that the helicopter was carrying four passengers…?…so thankful that all four didn’t sustain serious injuries…I hope that the airlifted person is able to make a full recovery…

[Zizu]

Crazy that all five appear to have survived !!

I always presumed that it was a death sentence when a copter crashed


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[arista]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Crazy that all five appear to have survived !!

I always presumed that it was a death sentence when a copter crashed

He was on a Road, or near it
So maybe the Flat road saved it from an Explosion
Crash landing the right way up

[arista]

Update

Sadly 3 are now Dead


All media

[arista]

17:05
[Three passengers confirmed dead
Authorities have now confirmed three people
have died in the helicopter crash.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
said: "We can confirm that three people
have died following a helicopter crash
on the Isle of Wight this morning.

"Four people in total were on board,
with one person currently in hospital
in a serious condition.

"At this time we are unable to provide
further information about the people involved,
as efforts continue to contact and
support their families.

"We will not be commenting on the
circumstances of the incident but
continue to work alongside the
Air Accident Investigation Branch."]


https://news.sky.com/story/helicopte...wight-13418168

[Ammi]

…..ahhhhhh, that was the update that we didn’t want to hear…how horrendous …

Four people were on board for flying lessons when the incident happened, the operator Northumbria Helicopters say

[arista]

[This is the first picture of a couple killed
in a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight.

Horse riding instructor Justyna Czoska, 52,
and lorry driver Wojtek Kowalkowski, 49,
died when the helicopter came down
in a field near Ventnor on the south
of the island close to the seaside town
of Shanklin at around 9.20am on
Bank Holiday Monday.

The couple from Bloxham, Oxfordshire,
had travelled to the island so Mr Kowalkowski
could have a flying lesson - something he
had always dreamed of.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ured-time.html

[Cherie]

Never understood the appeal of helicopters you couldn't pay me to get on one

RIP to the victims

[arista]

It was Tragic,
that couple used it to try it out.


The Daughter Justyna Czoska, 52
has written a tribute to her mum on
facebook.

SkyNewsHD reports

[thesheriff443]

Very sad

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Never understood the appeal of helicopters you couldn't pay me to get on one

RIP to the victims

yes it is more difficult to fly a helicopter, than flying a plane


same also look at Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash



there are also different rules, as you also need to fly visually rather than with instruments, and usually they tend to follow highways/roads to help with navigating