Training Criticised In Helicopter Crash Inquest

Undermanning and unsatisfactory training contributed to a Lynx helicopter crash that killed five UK servicemen, a coroner has found. A narrative verdict was delivered at the inquest into the deaths of Captain Thomas Clarke, Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner, Corporal James Walters, Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan and Lance Corporal Oliver Thomas in Afghanistan in April 2014. Coroner Darren Salter said: "The radar altimeter was set below the authorised minimum, it did not alarm in time