Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was 'deeply saddened to hear of the tragic death' of a Royal Navy member after a helicopter ditched in the Channel near Dorset on Wednesday night.
A member of the Royal Navy has died after a helicopter ditched while conducting night-flying exercises with HMS Queen Elizabeth. The navy said: 'It is with great sadness that we must report a member of the Royal Navy has died following a training incident last night. 'Our thoughts are with the family - who have been informed, and all those affected at this sad time. A full investigation will take place.
During a visit to HMS Diamond in Portsmouth, he said: 'Dreadful news. Truly dreadful news. 'I use dreadful because this is what everyone connected to the armed forces , news of personnel in service dying. 'All my thoughts and the thoughts of those in the wider navy I've been with today are with the family, the friends and the close colleagues of the one we've lost today.
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