One of the people killed when a helicopter crashed in thick fog in the UK was Northern Irish businessman Eddie Haughey, according to reports.
Mr Haughey, who also had the title of Lord Ballyedmond, was the head of pharmaceutical company Norbrook Laboratories, the largest privately owned pharmaceutical company in the world.
He was one of the richest men in the North.
Mr Haughey, from Rostrevor in County Down, served as a member of the Seanad for a time before being appointed to the House of Lords.
According to the Register of Lords’ Interests, he owned Gillingham Hall, a stately home near the crash site.
He was apparently killed with three other people when a helicopter came down in thick fog in a field in Gillingham, near Beccles, Norfolk, at 7.30pm yesterday.
Emergency services were called and all four people on board were pronounced dead at the scene after it crashed in a field containing a wooded area, Norfolk Police said.
The victims have not yet been formally identified while officers contact their next of kin.
It was reported that the helicopter was flying to Northern Ireland, though police refused to comment on where it had taken off from or what its destination was.
Inspector Louis Provart said: “Emergency services are working together in difficult conditions to secure the scene and carry out an initial investigation into the circumstances.
SOURCE-IRISH NEWS
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