Five found dead in missing helicopter wreckage

The bodies of five people have been found with the wreckage of a missing helicopter in Snowdonia.

Police and mountain rescue teams had launched a major search after the helicopter failed to arrive in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon after leaving the Luton area.

A vehicle parked outside the Llanberis Mountain Rescue station in the Snowdonia mountain rangeplaceholder image
A vehicle parked outside the Llanberis Mountain Rescue station in the Snowdonia mountain range

Superintendent Gareth Evans, of North Wales Police, said the details of the victims were not being released by police but specialist officers were supporting their families.

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