Tributes have been paid to a pilot and a teenage German exchange student who died when a helicopter crashed into a North Yorkshire field. Police confirmed Ian Macdonald, 66, died in the crash near his home in the village of Burton in Lonsdale shortly before midday on Monday.
The other person who died was 16-year-old student Admarsu Birhan, who locals said had been living with a nearby family for the last three months. Craven district councillor Stuart Handley, who lives in Burton in Lonsdale, said Mr Macdonald was well-liked in the village.
He told the PA news agency: “My condolences go to the family of Ian Macdonald and also the German exchange student’s family. Ian hadn’t been living in the village for a very long time but he made himself very well known within the community.
