Parents’ pain after Canyon helicopter crash

● Brothers killed during 30th birthday celebrations

The fathers of the two British brothers and the young woman killed in a helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon have described their “always happy” and “incredibly close” children.

Becky Dobson, 27, was on holiday with boyfriend Stuart Hill, 30, and his brother Jason Hill, 32, when they were killed in the helicopter crash at 5:20pm local time on Saturday.

Ellie Milward, 29, Jonathan Udall, 32, and Jennifer Barham, 39, were airlifted to University Medical Centre in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with pilot Scott Booth, 42, according to Arizona Central.

The group had gone away to celebrate Stuart Hill’s 30th birthday and had saved up for a year for the trip, Mr Hill’s father said.

The Rev David Hill said his sons were “incredibly close” and called his family “Team Hill”.

“The two brothers loved each other and were very close, and so our misfortune is their support – because they went together, and I will thank God every day for them,” said the Rev Hill.

Ms Dobson’s father Peter Dobson said Becky was “full of life and looking forward to going to Vegas for her boyfriend’s 30th birthday to celebrate”. 2 A rescue team at the site of the helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon where Becky Dobson and Stuart Hill were killed “She was always happy,” he said. “They were really happy together, they were always going out and doing things, just enjoyed being with each other. The whole thing is just terrible.”

Dramatic images of the crash site show the wreckage lying at the bottom of a canyon, engulfed in flames.

One picture appears to show a female survivor, wearing jeans and a white top, fleeing the scene as the fire rages behind her.

Local media reports claim it took rescuers more than eight hours to get to the survivors and they were not airlifted from the scene until around 2am on Sunday.

Jonathan Udall, from Southampton, is currently being treated in hospital.

Lionel Douglass had been attending a wedding on a bluff about 1,000 yards away from where the helicopter burst into flames.

He told ABC News: “I had taken my phone and I was zooming in to see if I could see anybody and a lady walked out of the flames and I just lost it.”

He said he saw the helicopter fall and hit the bottom with the “biggest explosion you ever heard and then flames like you never seen before”.

A series of smaller blasts followed, according to reports.

Jason Hill was a corporate solicitor in Milton Keynes for firm Shoosmiths.

Ms Dobson had worked as a receptionist at Vets4pets in Worthing, Surrey.