Bell 204B VH-EQW ditching at Tarome Australia 20 Sep 2023
As no new thread appeared following this Bell 204B accident at Tarome in Australia earlier in the week, I decided to create one now that the identity of the helicopter has been indicated on the ATSB website (
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...rt/ao-2023-044). Here are a pair of the early news reports on the incident:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-...qfes/102880658
https://7news.com.au/news/gold-coast...im--c-11960951
It sounds like pilot Grant Schultz was lucky to have escaped the accident with only a few scratches even though he had previously completed HUET. Here are a pair of items with the pilot's report of his escape from the helicopter after it ditched and sank in a farm dam while refilling its bucket to fight a bushfire at Tregony in Queensland:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-...-rim/102885712
Last edited by helispotter; 22nd Sep 2023 at 06:14.
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