US Politics | Witnesses ‘screamed at Brit Jack Fenton, 22, as he walked towards helicopter for selfie’ before being killed by rotor
HORRIFIED onlookers reportedly screamed at a Brit to stop as he moved towards the rear of the helicopter before he was killed by a high-speed rotor blade amid fears he was trying to take a selfie. Jack Fenton, 22, was travelling back from Mykonos with three pals in the hired chopper when he was struck in the head by the craft's rear spinning blade in Athens, Greece. 
facebookJack Fenton, 22, was killed after being struck by the chopper's rear rotor '/ ' 
AthenaThe Brit was killed instantly by a sweeping blade after disembarking from the chopper '/ ' The pilot of the black Bell 407 craft \- who is said to be "deeply traumatised" by the incident \- and two ground technicians have been arrested as cops investigate. Jack disembarked the chopper and was struck by rotor after the aircraft landed at the Superior Air helipad in Spata. His fellow passengers and the pilot then reeled in horror as they saw a sweeping blade kill him instantly at around 6.20pm local time. Desperate family members and the authorities are now trying to piece together exactly what happened to Jack. Read more world news 
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SHAM Shamima makes new plea to return to UK claiming she's 'voice AGAINST radicalisation' His pal Jack Stanton-Greaves, who was in the same helicopter as Jack, said ...no instructions were given... while exiting the chopper \- and said he doesn't know why his friend turned towards the rear blade. But the Greek authorities have claimed the group were led away from the helicopter \- but Jack was then on his phone as he moved quickly back towards the vehicle. Cops are considering that the young man may have been trying to take a selfie with the chopper as a line of enquiry in their probe. Mr Stanton Greaves told The Sun Online: ...No instructions were given when exiting the helicopter and no one escorted us to the lounge. Most read in The US Sun FASHION FIXES I'm a fashion expert - 2 mistakes which age you & tighter clothes are BETTER KIMYE RETURNS? Kim drops MAJOR hint she's back with Kanye after she shades boyfriend Pete Cheap style I'm a design pro - the no. 1 mistake which is making your home look tacky 'NOT HAPPY' Robin Roberts makes huge announcement saying she's 'leaving her happy place' DRESSING DOWN Paige Spiranac slammed by 'golf Karen' for her 'highly inappropriate outfit' CASHTASTIC Direct payments & rebates worth $1,500 fast approaching - are you getting cash? ...All they did was open the doors for us. We disembarked on our own and no one stopped Jack from going to the rear of the helicopter. ...None of us reached the lounge before the accident happened.I've heard people say Jack was on his phone and ran back to the helicopter and this is totally untrue. ...He was not on his phone and why he turned towards the rear of the helicopter I don't know.... Jack was travelling with pals in his chopper, while a second helicopter \- containing Robin Stanton-Greaves, owner of Bromley FC, his son Max Stanton-Greaves, and pal Tom Aitkins \- followed behind them. Some reports claim Jack started to move back away from the reception and towards the helicopter \- despite those around him shouting at him to stop. Ioannis Kandyllis, president of Greece's committee for aviation accidents \- which is probing the incident \- said Jack headed back towards the helicopter ...at pace.... He said: ...All four passengers had disembarked and were escorted to a private lounge awaiting a private flight for London. ...But as they were in the lounge the victim broke away and returned to the tarmac, rushing to the helicopter at a fast pace. ...Witnesses we spoke to said he had a phone to his ear and was walking to the aircraft quickly, defying ground crew shouting to him, 'Stop! Stop!' ...Within seconds the tragic accident occurred. It was horrific.... It's understood Jack \- who studied Sports Coaching & PE, Sports Studies at Oxford Brookes \- "suffered horrific head injuries caused by a spinning rotor blade". Cops are probing whether Jack, who went to the £7,740-a-year Sutton Valance School in Maidstone, Kent, was trying to take a selfie when he was struck. A police source told The Sun: ...We are examining every eventuality, including the possibility of the boy going there to take a selfie in the excitement of the moment.... After Jack was struck, the shocked pilot managed to radio the second craft and requested emergency permission to abort the landing. A police source added: "We are talking about a tragedy \- an unprecedented tragedy \- a tragedy that should never have happened." 
facebookHis dad Miguel was travelling in a second chopper with Jack's mum '/ ' 
facebookPolice are investigating whether the correct safety procedures were followed before Jack's death '/ ' 
AthenaCops are probing whether Jack may have been taking a selfie when he was killed '/ ' Sources said the group's 115 mile trip in two helicopters from their holiday in Mykonos would have cost in excess of £15,000 alone. And limousines were on standby at the Lolo Heliport at Spata on the outskirts of Athens to whisk them straight to a "family-owned private jet" waiting to fly them back from the Greek capital's international airport. Giorgos Kalliakmanis, the head of the Greek police union, said the investigation will focus on whether correct safety procedures were followed. The helicopter's pilot could face manslaughter charges if he was deemed to be at fault, Kalliakmanis told the Mega news channel. He said: ...We want to see if the pilot informed the passengers to get off the helicopter. "These propellers run for about two minutes from the time he turns the engine off unless he presses a button which stops them at 50 seconds. "The helicopter door has no security, anyone who wants to open the door and get out. "The preliminary investigation will look at whether the pilot informed them to get out when the propeller and engines stopped." ...UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY' Accident investigators probing the tragedy are questioning the chopper pilot as to why the rotors were not still or secured before passengers were allowed off. The weather may have also contributed as high winds were reported across Greece as well as searing 40C heat on Monday. Two airport officials and the pilot have today appeared before a prosecutor to testify in connection with potential negligence charges. The pals Jack flew with \- reportedly all men in their 20s \- have all provided testimonies. Jack had started work as a junior account executive at Ball Street Network \- a media company in Southwark, South London \- in March. A spokesman told The Sun: ...Our team is in shock having just found out about this tragic news. ...We do not wish to comment further, other than to ask that the privacy of the family is respected at this difficult time. Read More on The Sun 
PAM IT UP I spent £43k to look like my idol Pamela Anderson - blokes always say same thing ...Our love and thoughts are with Jack's family and friends.... An FCDO spokesman said: ...We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.... 
PHOTO NIKOS DANIILIDISThey were travelling in a pair of black Bell 407 helicopters '/ '
facebookJack Fenton, 22, was killed after being struck by the chopper's rear rotor '/ ' AthenaThe Brit was killed instantly by a sweeping blade after disembarking from the chopper '/ ' The pilot of the black Bell 407 craft \- who is said to be "deeply traumatised" by the incident \- and two ground technicians have been arrested as cops investigate. Jack disembarked the chopper and was struck by rotor after the aircraft landed at the Superior Air helipad in Spata. His fellow passengers and the pilot then reeled in horror as they saw a sweeping blade kill him instantly at around 6.20pm local time. Desperate family members and the authorities are now trying to piece together exactly what happened to Jack. Read more world news 'POISON' MYSTERY Mass 'poisoning' horror as 28 people die and 60 others are struck down SHAM Shamima makes new plea to return to UK claiming she's 'voice AGAINST radicalisation' His pal Jack Stanton-Greaves, who was in the same helicopter as Jack, said ...no instructions were given... while exiting the chopper \- and said he doesn't know why his friend turned towards the rear blade. But the Greek authorities have claimed the group were led away from the helicopter \- but Jack was then on his phone as he moved quickly back towards the vehicle. Cops are considering that the young man may have been trying to take a selfie with the chopper as a line of enquiry in their probe. Mr Stanton Greaves told The Sun Online: ...No instructions were given when exiting the helicopter and no one escorted us to the lounge. Most read in The US Sun FASHION FIXES I'm a fashion expert - 2 mistakes which age you & tighter clothes are BETTER KIMYE RETURNS? Kim drops MAJOR hint she's back with Kanye after she shades boyfriend Pete Cheap style I'm a design pro - the no. 1 mistake which is making your home look tacky 'NOT HAPPY' Robin Roberts makes huge announcement saying she's 'leaving her happy place' DRESSING DOWN Paige Spiranac slammed by 'golf Karen' for her 'highly inappropriate outfit' CASHTASTIC Direct payments & rebates worth $1,500 fast approaching - are you getting cash? ...All they did was open the doors for us. We disembarked on our own and no one stopped Jack from going to the rear of the helicopter. ...None of us reached the lounge before the accident happened.I've heard people say Jack was on his phone and ran back to the helicopter and this is totally untrue. ...He was not on his phone and why he turned towards the rear of the helicopter I don't know.... Jack was travelling with pals in his chopper, while a second helicopter \- containing Robin Stanton-Greaves, owner of Bromley FC, his son Max Stanton-Greaves, and pal Tom Aitkins \- followed behind them. Some reports claim Jack started to move back away from the reception and towards the helicopter \- despite those around him shouting at him to stop. Ioannis Kandyllis, president of Greece's committee for aviation accidents \- which is probing the incident \- said Jack headed back towards the helicopter ...at pace.... He said: ...All four passengers had disembarked and were escorted to a private lounge awaiting a private flight for London. ...But as they were in the lounge the victim broke away and returned to the tarmac, rushing to the helicopter at a fast pace. ...Witnesses we spoke to said he had a phone to his ear and was walking to the aircraft quickly, defying ground crew shouting to him, 'Stop! Stop!' ...Within seconds the tragic accident occurred. It was horrific.... It's understood Jack \- who studied Sports Coaching & PE, Sports Studies at Oxford Brookes \- "suffered horrific head injuries caused by a spinning rotor blade". Cops are probing whether Jack, who went to the £7,740-a-year Sutton Valance School in Maidstone, Kent, was trying to take a selfie when he was struck. A police source told The Sun: ...We are examining every eventuality, including the possibility of the boy going there to take a selfie in the excitement of the moment.... After Jack was struck, the shocked pilot managed to radio the second craft and requested emergency permission to abort the landing. A police source added: "We are talking about a tragedy \- an unprecedented tragedy \- a tragedy that should never have happened." facebookHis dad Miguel was travelling in a second chopper with Jack's mum '/ ' facebookPolice are investigating whether the correct safety procedures were followed before Jack's death '/ ' AthenaCops are probing whether Jack may have been taking a selfie when he was killed '/ ' Sources said the group's 115 mile trip in two helicopters from their holiday in Mykonos would have cost in excess of £15,000 alone. And limousines were on standby at the Lolo Heliport at Spata on the outskirts of Athens to whisk them straight to a "family-owned private jet" waiting to fly them back from the Greek capital's international airport. Giorgos Kalliakmanis, the head of the Greek police union, said the investigation will focus on whether correct safety procedures were followed. The helicopter's pilot could face manslaughter charges if he was deemed to be at fault, Kalliakmanis told the Mega news channel. He said: ...We want to see if the pilot informed the passengers to get off the helicopter. "These propellers run for about two minutes from the time he turns the engine off unless he presses a button which stops them at 50 seconds. "The helicopter door has no security, anyone who wants to open the door and get out. "The preliminary investigation will look at whether the pilot informed them to get out when the propeller and engines stopped." ...UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY' Accident investigators probing the tragedy are questioning the chopper pilot as to why the rotors were not still or secured before passengers were allowed off. The weather may have also contributed as high winds were reported across Greece as well as searing 40C heat on Monday. Two airport officials and the pilot have today appeared before a prosecutor to testify in connection with potential negligence charges. The pals Jack flew with \- reportedly all men in their 20s \- have all provided testimonies. Jack had started work as a junior account executive at Ball Street Network \- a media company in Southwark, South London \- in March. A spokesman told The Sun: ...Our team is in shock having just found out about this tragic news. ...We do not wish to comment further, other than to ask that the privacy of the family is respected at this difficult time. Read More on The Sun PAM IT UP I spent £43k to look like my idol Pamela Anderson - blokes always say same thing ...Our love and thoughts are with Jack's family and friends.... An FCDO spokesman said: ...We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Greece and are in contact with the local authorities.... PHOTO NIKOS DANIILIDISThey were travelling in a pair of black Bell 407 helicopters '/ '
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