Death of Plymouth woman felled by helicopter was accident, inquest finds

Jean Langan, 87, was blown over by downwash from search and rescue helicopter landing at Derriford hospital in 2022

The death of an 87-year-old woman who was blown over by a search and rescue helicopter landing at a hospital was an accident, an inquest jury has found.

Jean Langan, a retired civil servant, was walking with her niece to her car after having a hearing aid fitted at Derriford hospital in Plymouth in March 2022 when a “downwash” caused by the helicopter knocked them to the ground.