Inquest opens into fatal helicopter crash.

An inquest has opened into the deaths of three people killed in a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight.

Justyna Czoska, 52, Wojciech Kowalkowski, 49 from Oxfordshire, and 54-year-old flying instructor Simon Hewitt from Lincolnshire were killed when the aircraft came down in a field near Shanklin on the morning of 25 August.

The coroner’s officer said Dr Megan Jenkins, home office registered pathologist carried out the post-mortem examination at Southampton’s St Mary’s hospital mortuary on 27 August and the provisional cause of death was “multiple injuries”.

The inquest at Isle Of Wight Coroner’s Court has been adjourned until 5 March 2026 for all three victims.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabular.

Witnesses reported the plane spinning before landing in a field alongside the A3020 at 09:20.

Mr Hewitt, of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, died in the crash, along with Ms Czoska, 52, and Mr Kowalkowski, 49, both of Banbury, Oxfordshire.

A fourth individual, a male in his 30s, was rushed to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) stated that an investigation into the crash is expected to take 12 months.

The relatives of those involved were not present in court, but had previously issued comments, with Ms Czoska’s family currently raising funds to send her and Mr Kowalkowski’s bodies back to Poland for burial.

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