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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Lavelle

Death of Plymouth woman felled by helicopter was accident, inquest finds

Jean Langan
Jean Langan’s family said her death was ‘a devastating, tragic event which should never have happened’. Photograph: family handout/PA

The death of an 87-year-old woman who was blown over by a search-and-rescue helicopter landing at a hospital was an accident, an inquest jury has found.

Jean Langan, a retired civil servant, was walking with her niece to her car after having a hearing aid fitted at Derriford hospital in Plymouth in March 2022 when a downwash caused by the helicopter knocked them to the ground.

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