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Air ambulances unable to land at Addenbrooke's Hospital after helipad destroyed

Air ambulances are unable to land at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge after its helipad was destroyed by a military aircraft.

It means critically ill patients can't be flown directly to the hospital, but have to be taken to Cambridge City Airport instead.

Addenbrooke's is the major trauma centre for the East of England and its helipad is used by the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Magpas Air Ambulance and Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.

The helipad is currently out of use after it was wrecked during a training exercise by the US Air Force.