HELICOPTER: The yellow electricity helicopter has been spotted in the skies above the A449
A YELLOW helicopter will be hovering over Worcester and the wider county today.
The helicopter has been spotted in the skies above the A449 near Sytchampton this morning.
The helicopter is Western Power Distribution's, and is covering a wide area to carry out "routine line patrols".
The spokesman said: "The helicopter will be in the area today to check on power lines.
"During a normal five hour fly they can cover between 60 and 100 kilometres of line.
"To put that in context, if we did that on the ground it would take two men and a Land Rover 10 days to complete that level of inspection."
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