<h1>Bodies found in helicopter wreckage</h1><p>A millionaire businessman and his teenage son are among four people feared killed after a helicopter crashed in Cambridgeshire while returning home from a Champions League match last night. </p><p>olice today said they had found four bodies inside the wreckage of a helicopter that came down in woodland. </p><p>Among the dead are believed to be Phillip Carter, 44, founder of the training company Carter and Carter Group, his son, the pilot and one other person. </p><p>Mr Carter's son was travelling in the helicopter as it flew from Liverpool to the family home near Peterborough, the Press Association news agency said, citing unidentified sources. </p><p>The pilot was named as Stephen Holdich, 49, co-owner of a Hampshire-based helicopter operating company. Police said they were still waiting for formal identification of all the bodies. </p><p>The wreck was spotted by a search aircraft this morning in countryside between Wansford and Duddington, close to Peterborough. The search began when Mr Carter's helicopter disappeared from radar screens late last night. </p><p>The wreckage had now been examined, Detective Superintendent John Raine, of Cambridgeshire police, told reporters near the crash scene. </p><p>"We have identified that there were persons on board and that those persons are deceased," he said, adding that four people were on board. </p><p>The helicopter appeared to be "largely intact", he said, adding that it was too early to know what the cause of the crash might have been. An air accident investigation branch team would examine the scene, he said. </p><p>Earlier, Carter and Carter confirmed that Mr Carter was among those missing. </p><p>His Twin Squirrel private helicopter took off from John Lennon airport, in Liverpool, at around 11pm and was close to Mr Carter's house when it vanished. </p><p>The businessman, one of eight honorary vice-presidents of Chelsea football club, had been watching the team play Liverpool at Anfield in a Champions League semi-final second leg last night. Chelsea lost the tie on penalties. </p><p>Carter and Carter shares were suspended on the London Stock Exchange this morning at the company's request, pending an announcement. </p><p>Cambridgeshire police said the force was first alerted at 12.45am today by people worried the helicopter had not arrived as expected. An air search began and resumed this morning, assisted by a rescue team from RAF Leeming, in North Yorkshire. </p><p>Forecasters said today that visibility in the area at the time the helicopter disappeared was generally good, with some low cloud but no reports of fog. Weather conditions today were clear and sunny. </p><p>Initial reports suggested Chelsea officials might have been on board the helicopter, but the club said all its staff had been accounted for. </p><p>Carter and Carter listed publicly in February 2005 and tripled in value in a year to more than £200m, being named the Financial Times's new company of the year in 2006. It now employs more than 2,000 people. </p><p>Mr Carter founded the company in 1992, having earlier worked in sales and marketing for ICI before becoming the company's European business development manager for paints. </p><p>The incident recalls the October 1996 crash that killed Chelsea's then-vice-chairman, Matthew Harding, and four other men as they returned from a match at Bolton Wanderers in Lancashire. </p><p>His helicopter, also a Twin Squirrel, crashed in farmland near Middlewich, Cheshire, and burst into flames. </p><p>Multimillionaire Mr Harding, 42, pilot Michael Goss, 38, businessmen Raymond Deane, 43, and Tony Burridge, 39, from Wimbledon, and magazine journalist John Bauldie, 47, from Richmond, south London, were all killed instantly in the crash. </p><p>An inquest returned verdicts of accidental death after hearing that the pilot might have become disorientated flying at night with no autopilot, while trying to map-read and talk to air traffic control.</p><p>8个俱乐部名誉副主席中的一个， Carter </p><font></font><!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->
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olice today said they had found four bodies inside the wreckage of a helicopter that came down in woodland. </p><p>Among the dead are believed to be Phillip Carter, 44, founder of the training company Carter and Carter Group, his son, the pilot and one other person. </p><p>Mr Carter's son was travelling in the helicopter as it flew from Liverpool to the family home near Peterborough, the Press Association news agency said, citing unidentified sources. </p><p>The pilot was named as Stephen Holdich, 49, co-owner of a Hampshire-based helicopter operating company. Police said they were still waiting for formal identification of all the bodies. </p><p>The wreck was spotted by a search aircraft this morning in countryside between Wansford and Duddington, close to Peterborough. The search began when Mr Carter's helicopter disappeared from radar screens late last night. </p><p>The wreckage had now been examined, Detective Superintendent John Raine, of Cambridgeshire police, told reporters near the crash scene. </p><p>"We have identified that there were persons on board and that those persons are deceased," he said, adding that four people were on board. </p><p>The helicopter appeared to be "largely intact", he said, adding that it was too early to know what the cause of the crash might have been. An air accident investigation branch team would examine the scene, he said. </p><p>Earlier, Carter and Carter confirmed that Mr Carter was among those missing. </p><p>His Twin Squirrel private helicopter took off from John Lennon airport, in Liverpool, at around 11pm and was close to Mr Carter's house when it vanished. </p><p>The businessman, one of eight honorary vice-presidents of Chelsea football club, had been watching the team play Liverpool at Anfield in a Champions League semi-final second leg last night. Chelsea lost the tie on penalties. </p><p>Carter and Carter shares were suspended on the London Stock Exchange this morning at the company's request, pending an announcement. </p><p>Cambridgeshire police said the force was first alerted at 12.45am today by people worried the helicopter had not arrived as expected. An air search began and resumed this morning, assisted by a rescue team from RAF Leeming, in North Yorkshire. </p><p>Forecasters said today that visibility in the area at the time the helicopter disappeared was generally good, with some low cloud but no reports of fog. Weather conditions today were clear and sunny. </p><p>Initial reports suggested Chelsea officials might have been on board the helicopter, but the club said all its staff had been accounted for. </p><p>Carter and Carter listed publicly in February 2005 and tripled in value in a year to more than £200m, being named the Financial Times's new company of the year in 2006. It now employs more than 2,000 people. </p><p>Mr Carter founded the company in 1992, having earlier worked in sales and marketing for ICI before becoming the company's European business development manager for paints. </p><p>The incident recalls the October 1996 crash that killed Chelsea's then-vice-chairman, Matthew Harding, and four other men as they returned from a match at Bolton Wanderers in Lancashire. </p><p>His helicopter, also a Twin Squirrel, crashed in farmland near Middlewich, Cheshire, and burst into flames. </p><p>Multimillionaire Mr Harding, 42, pilot Michael Goss, 38, businessmen Raymond Deane, 43, and Tony Burridge, 39, from Wimbledon, and magazine journalist John Bauldie, 47, from Richmond, south London, were all killed instantly in the crash. </p><p>An inquest returned verdicts of accidental death after hearing that the pilot might have become disorientated flying at night with no autopilot, while trying to map-read and talk to air traffic control.</p><p>8个俱乐部名誉副主席中的一个， Carter </p><font></font><!--Element not supported - Type: 8 Name: #comment-->
