THE mother of a university student said her son was ‘the most wonderful boy’ following his tragic death in Greece.

It is reported that Jack Fenton, 22, didn’t know a propeller was still spinning when he was killed by a helicopter’s blades during the tragic incident.

The Oxford Brookes University student’s mum, Victoria, told MailOnline the family was ‘devastated’ by Mr Fenton’s death.

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She said her son had travelled to Greece with friends, and had got a helicopter from Athens to Mykonos without any problems, before getting a helicopter back from Mykonos to Athens.

“We only found out what happened at 10pm last night. We are completely devastated. He was the most wonderful boy,” she told MailOnline.

“He had got off safely when it landed in Athens but for some reason went back behind the helicopter and it was the rear propeller which killed him. It was instant.”

The head of a committee which looks into aviation accidents in Greece has described Mr Fenton’s death as ‘horrific’.

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This story was written by Liam Rice, he joined the team in 2019 as a multimedia reporter.

Liam covers politics, travel and transport. He occasionally covers Oxford United.

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