On March 8, 2000, at 1640 Greenwich Mean Time, a Hughes 269C, G-ZAPS, was destroyed as a result of an in-flight breakup during cruise. The helicopter impacted the ground in open farmland near Tysford, England. The helicopter had departed Wycombe Air Park (Booker), Buckinghamshire, en route to Shorsham, Kent. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured.

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